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Agronomist

Location:                                            Nairobi, Kenya.

Reports to:                                         Product Manager

About UjuziKilimo

UjuziKilimo is the leading Agritech Company in Africa that combines Internet of Things, Big Data and analytics to deliver value to the agricultural ecosystem.

Our world class technology built on sensors and agricultural data analytics platform allows both farmers and service providers to receive powerful agricultural recommendations & intelligent data insights.

About The Position

At UjuziKilimo, The role of the agronomist will be the link between soil data, crop data, creating data-driven models and insights pulling from field experimentation by UjuziKilimo and the wider literature to support the creation of new Agronomic Products and services that empowers farmer decision making to profitably, while maintaining sustainable practices. The Agronomist role will be a key part of the experimentation and agronomic data analysis in the Product team at UjuziKilimo. You will support the design, execution, and analysis of research to improve accuracy of data, recommendations and insights for farmer’s profitability and sustainability.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess soil analysis data, recommend improvements, and develop strategies to enhance soil health and fertility using digital tools. Implement sustainable crop management practices to optimize yield and quality.

• Manage and Validate current data flows from internal soil analysis tools and define strategies for improvement to the product team.
• Define methodologies and procedures to product development or other teams for standardized analysis processes, storage of analysis results and interpretation for dynamic agronomic advisory to farmers.

• Identify, diagnose, and develop management plans for pests and diseases affecting crops. Recommend appropriate chemical, biological, or cultural control measures.

• Collaborate with relevant data collection and analysis teams to develop more efficient, data analysis procedures, data interpretation and crop recommendations.
• Collaborate with necessary stakeholders to re-assess the value of UjuziKilimo's agricultural data collection efforts and make recommendations to maximize value and minimize cost.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to implement sustainable agricultural practices that minimize environmental impact and improve long-term productivity. Advocate for the adoption of innovative techniques and technologies.
• Participate in sprints on geospatial field, crop models, and text-based data for our products in collaboration with the product teams.
• Work cross-functionally to support a road map of analyses to feed UjuziKilimo's agronomic advisory tools and Farmsuite platform to drive farmers’ behavior change towards sustainable agricultural practices.
• Contribute to a strategy to combine internal and external data sources to generate meaningful insights practical to small scale farmers.
• Prepare detailed reports on soil and crop conditions, research findings, and recommendations. Maintain accurate records of field activities, trials, and outcomes.
• Build and sustain positive relationships with the UjuziKilimo Research Partners, Precision Agriculture Specialists, and other potential partners.
• Synthesize data collected from multiple streams, as well as management best practices to determine the optimal systems to improve farmer profitability.

Qualifications & Profile

You are the best candidate for this role you have the following.

• Strong understanding of soil science, crop physiology, pest management, and sustainable agricultural practices.
• Demonstrated ability to assemble data from multiple sources (agronomic field data from a multi-region or large geographical areas spanning many environments) into summaries capable of driving decisions to meet business or scientific objectives.
• Able to work with farm-scale trial design, data management, and spatial data analysis.
• Excels at communicating data analysis at the interface of business and agronomy/data science through clear documentation.
• Extremely comfortable working with messy data-sets from a variety of non-normalized sources including literature and un- digitized sources.
• Understands the agronomic and financial outcomes that drive farm profitability; capable of using that knowledge to prioritize analyses and connect insights to action.
• Enjoys capturing complex analyses problems; able to identify and apply appropriate advanced statistical analysis techniques as necessary.

Experience

• 2+ years’ experience in Agriculture industry working with and creating value from field data.
• BSc. or MSc. in agricultural discipline or related field.
• Experience with spatial data analysis, data aggregation, and visualization (fluent in git, Python, SQL, and QGIS or ESRI GIS)
• Familiar with agriculture-specific data sources.

How to apply

• Highlight major achievements in your previous works, not just the description of your roles.  Send your CV to [email protected] ​with the headline: ​Application–Agronomist.
• Closing 30th Aug 2024

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