Agronomy and Crop Science FERARI at International Fertilizer Development (IFDC)

Scope of Work

• Execute the work activities under the supervision of the FERARI Crop-Soil Simulation Modelling and Mapping and FERARI Country Coordinator.
• Critically review, quality control and analyze field data of agronomic trials
• Support development of a FERARI database system
• Analyses fertilizer yield trials using advanced statistical methods and modelling
• Supervision of Master students in statistics, modelling and scientific writing
• Draft reports and scientific journal articles
• Travel in Ghana for field visits, teaching and meetings.

Required Skills

Required Experience

Requirements

• MSc degree or PhD in agricultural or crop sciences
• Several years of experience in agricultural sciences and practice
• Experienced in the use of statistical packages and conversant with modelling in R
• Excellent conceptualizing capabilities to utilize theoretical analyses for disentangle practical problems
• Good communication skills and ability to teach
• Proven record of writing project reports and peer reviewed journal articles