Volunteer Opportunities

Organizational Development on Agricultural Extension and Advisory Research Services

Winrock International requests the support of a Farmer-to-Farmer volunteer for a 17-day volunteer assignment for a host (including travel) located in Kano, Kano State and Dutse, Jigawa State, northwest Nigeria. The volunteer will develop training materials on Agricultural Extension and Advisory Research and provide training to the Extension Africa (EXAF)’s leadership, staff, and Farmer Business Advisors (FBA). Part of the training will focus on planning, data gathering, data analysis, decision making,  Assignment would involve visit to fields and meeting with stakeholders. The training will hold in two locations – Kano, Kano State and Dutse, Jigawa States. The host will use the knowledge and information from the training to research on ways to improve on its extension and advisory services to smallholder farmers. 

The FBAs are extension agents who provide multiple services including input sales, commodity aggregation, soil health services, farmer advisory, market linkages, farmer monitoring and other productive resources for the farmers. The FBAs speak English and local languages understood by the farmers. EXAF have cross disciplines and build mutual trust and respect in the communities where the organization works. EXAF and FBAs are united by a shared mission to enhance food security by creating reliable link to farmers across Africa.

This assignment aims to build the capacity of the host on Agricultural Extension and Advisory Research Services.

The volunteer should have the following qualifications and background:

·       Higher university degree in agricultural extension, agriculture education, agricultural economics or any related field or 10 years  of related experience

·       At least 10 years of experience in agriculture-related research

·       Experience in agriculture extension planning 

·       Experience in the monitoring and evaluation of extension services delivery and outcomes

·       Experience designing and delivering training to farmers

·       Good written and verbal communication skills

·       Good presentation skills