Azerbaijan_Strengthening of agricultural advisory services

The project aims at enhancing efficiency and effectiveness of the agricultural advisory services system in Azerbaijan thereby enabling it to better respond to current and future challenges in the agriculture sector in a sustainable and collaborative manner. To this end it will assist the Government of Azerbaijan and service providers in rural areas to better understand and adopt operational systems, processes and services that are more focused, targeted and relevant to increasing farm incomes while protecting and enhancing the natural environment - amongst others by developing and promoting a Code of good agricultural practice.

 

Qualifications: 
  • Relevant Univeristy degree in agriculture or related field
  • Good command of written and spoken English
  • At least ten years of experience in the field of agriculture, previous experience in the regions would mean an asset
  • Experience in managerial position (team leader / project manager)
  • Relevant experience in the field of agricultural advisory services in EU funded projects
Start / Duration: 

Provisional commencement date of the contract: January 2019; Initial period of implementation of tasks: 30 months

Please send your most recent CV to: Barbara.Braun [at] afci.de Please note, that only shortlisted experts will be contacted