Temporary Field Technician – Silvopastoral Systems & Grazing Land Restoration

Nursery management

• Facilitate seed and seedling acquisition, distribution, and local enterprise development around forage multiplication
• Monitor production and supply of quality tree seedlings and mobilize producer cooperatives to keep their nurseries at high standards and business-oriented.

Model pasturelands & technical implementation

• Co-establish pilot demonstration plots featuring fodder production of crop land, paddocking systems and cattle packing, and integrated agroforestry fodder/fruit/timber trees.
• Implement Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) and drought-resilient fodder systems across degraded grazing lands.
• Assist in farmer identification and installation of water tanks ( 5000 litres) and monitor their use and maintenance by the beneficiary livestock farmers
• Support distribution and training on hay boxes and silage-making materials.

Capacity building & scaling up

• Prepare and conduct bi-annual training of trainers (ToT) for lead farmers on fodder production, harvesting, conservation and feeding, and manure composting and utilization on farms.
• Participate in capacity-building workshops and peer-to-peer exchange visits for lead farmers, local extension staff, and community leaders.
• Take part in the production and distribution of knowledge production including extension materials (leaflets, training manuals) to strengthen improved management of grazing land.

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Data collection, monitoring & research support

• Execute scientific data collection for biophysical metrics (soil health, organic carbon, tree survival/growth),

  socio-economic indicators (labor use, gendered time use, input costs)

  and

  silvo-pastoral improvement

  indicators

  using standardized protocols

• Utilize mobile data collection tools and digital platforms daily, including Open Data Kit (ODK) and the Regreening App.

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  Support regular monitoring

  of impact and Cost-Benefit Analyses (CBA) by recording precise Business-As-Usual (BAU) baseline data versus agroecological innovation (AEI) inputs and yields.

Requirements

• B.Sc. in forestry; agroforestry, agronomy, environmental sciences or related field with a broad understanding of agroforestry systems.

• A minimum of 6 months to 1 year’ post-graduate working experience including experience in research in agroforestry trees and nursery management.

• Post

  • graduate

  studies in either of the two subjects and/or experience from similar positions elsewhere will be considered an additional advantage.