Job Description

•  Community Mobilization in project area

•  Conducting Awareness Programme and meetings in the villages.

•  Conducting regular meeting with SHGs, FPO and user groups.

•  Strengthening of Village Organisations (VOs), FPO/FPC and user groups.

•  Regular field visit to project villages for on the field support and monitoring.

•  Motivate farmers for diversification of crops from cereal, and pulses to vegetables/fruits/flowers and high-value cash crops.

•  Replication and adaptation of new technology at field level

•  Convince farmers to adopt the package of practices

•  Planning and execution of ongoing agriculture and horticulture-related programme at the village level.

•  Planning and Conduct Technical training on agriculture and horticulture aspects to Community Resource Person as well as beneficiaries

•  Reporting to the cluster in-charge for overall progress of the programme.

•  Maintain and follow up on different records of agriculture programme like beneficiaries' registers, input distribution registers, quotations, purchase orders, adaptation, crop diversification, and Progress Reports.

•  Collection, compilation, analysis of farmers’ agriculture database and Progress Report.

•  Local Convergence with Government Schemes.

Eligibility Criteria

Graduate in Agriculture/Forestry/Horticulture with BSc. /MSc. /MRM/BRS/MRS/MSW/MBA in Rural Management or a closely related field. 

Desired Candidate Profile

Graduation - Graduate-Other

VIKSAT is looking for a young and dynamic Field Supervisor who will be responsible for the promotion and strengthening of the people institutions in the project areas of Gujarat.

Organization Details

• Organization Name:VIKSAT, Nehru Foundation for Development
• About Organization:Vikram Sarabhai Centre for Development Interactions (VIKSAT) was set up as an Institution of the Nehru Foundation for Development (NFD) in the year 1977. NFD is registered as a Public Charitable Trust under the Bombay Public Trust Act 1950 and was set up in the year 1966 by Dr. Vikram A. Sarabhai having its registered office in Thaltej Tekra, Ahmedabad.VIKSAT’s pivotal objective has been to strengthen the implementation of activities that can improve the environment. Since its early stage of involvement with the directions set by the head concern then, VIKSAT strives to meet its purpose, which is to Promote interactions between individuals and organizations for environmental protection and Endeavour to build Peoples’ Institutions (PI) for sustainable development and management of natural resources.
  
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