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Master Agronomist |
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Operations |
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1 |
| Job Location: |
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Lahore |
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No Preference |
| Minimum Education: |
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Masters |
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Masters in field of Agriculture with Agronomy as Major subject |
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Experienced Professional |
| Minimum Experience: |
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3 Years |
| Salary Range: |
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PKR 0 to 0 per Month |
| Apply By: |
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Jun 11, 2018 |
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| Job Description: |
- The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) — the largest cotton sustainability programme in the world aims to reach 5 million farmers worldwide with more sustainable agricultural practices, and account for 30% of global cotton production by 2020. In less than 10 years, the Better Cotton
- Initiative and its Partners have supported over 1.6 million farmers in 23 countries in adopting more sustainable agricultural practices. Thanks to these efforts, Better Cotton accounts for around 15% of global cotton production. We are truly a joint effort, encompassing stakeholders all the way from farms to fashion brands and civil society organisations, driving the cotton sector toward sustainability. BCI aims to transform cotton production worldwide by developing
- Better Cotton as a sustainable mainstream commodity.
- BCI is seeking a highly motivated and qualified professional to step in as Master Agronomist
- (MA) in Pakistan. Under the line management of the BCI Pakistan Country Manager and support of IDH Cotton Program Manager, the Master Agronomist (MA) will support the successful, rapidly expanding implementation of the Better Cotton program in
- Pakistan. This vacancy comes as a result of the renewed partnership between BCI
- Pakistan and Cotton Australia (CA), for establishing a direct support program to Better
- Cotton Implementing Partners (IPs), with CA expertise. This assignment is designed for fix term of 1 year and aims to further build capacity of BCI IPs, increase knowledge transfer between experts of cotton in Australia and Pakistan and support the Pakistan farmers with improved and sustainable access to information on better farming practices. As a result, the
- MA will take active lead in IPs capacity building, partnership management, online information management, performance evaluation and developmental needs evaluation of
- Implementation Partners (IPs), facilitate information flows, and day to day technical support to field staff on Cotton Agronomy and Sustainable Cotton Production.
- With relation to the learning agenda with CA, the MA will be in charge of designing a learning agenda for knowledge exchange, coordinate with CA on a regular basis to feed expertise back to IPs, and arrange monthly knowledge platform meetings between IPs, CA and BCI.
- Finally, the MA will ensure that all queriesfrom field, on technical aspects of cotton production, are proper received, handled and solution are provided
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Starting date: 1 July 2018 or as soon as possible
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Contract Type: Fixed-term contract until end of June 2019
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Company Name: Better Cotton Initiave
Company Description:
Better Cotton is a non for Profit, membership organization. Work with farmer for sustainable cotton production and creates link with textile supply chain.
Better Cotton, because the world deserves Better
Cotton is arguably the world’s most important natural fibre.
It’s used in food, bedding, medical supplies and – of course – cotton is a staple of the clothing industry. It’s a renewable resource….but only if we manage our resources responsibly.
Damaging crop protection practices, water abuse, diminishing soil fertility and unhealthy practices such as child or forced labour — these all pose threats to the sustainability of the cotton industry and the livelihoods of the farming communities that depend on this valuable crop.
A few years ago, a group of people from top organisations around the world came together to figure out what could be done. Because something had to be done. “There has to be a better way”, they said
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