SC Agro Officer

Crop scouting and follow ups.

• Farm advisory service and help farmers from sowing till harvesting and handling.
• Ensure that good agricultural practices are followed on the farms producing potatoes for PepsiCo.
• Provide visibility of crop performance in the field and recommend corrective actions.
• Participate in training and other forms of Best Practices transfer to the Pakistan farmers.
• Help Agro regional manager in variety trials, evaluation and other research as and when required.
• New area development to stretch the fresh window for continuous fresh potato supply to reduce reliance on expensive storage and got best quality fresh Potatoes.
• SQA Journey with seed and chip stock traceability from seed to finish goods.
• Training to field team and farmers staff on crop best practices.
• Use of the agro machinery and field operation solution for WIN WIN, as cost effective and Quality management.
• Under direction, manage specific potato projects and programs.
• Help farmers in better crop management.
• Help Agro Regional Manager in AOP volumes procurements.
• Help Agro Regional Manager in potato variety field trials in Pakistan.
• Farms visits and advisory efficacy.
• Field testing, data collection, growers' complaint handling.
• General advisory to growers without recommendation any brands.
• Apart from the above, employee is expected to perform other accountabilities, time to time assigned by the manager. B.Sc. (Hons)/M.Sc. in Agriculture Knowledge of potato growing area, farmers and crop management. Technical Know-how About Different Pest and Their Control. Fluent in local languages. Computer Skills with 1 / 2 years’ experience at supervisory level with any pesticide/seed company or 2–3-years' experience with Agro base field work. Collaborates well with others to deliver results Overview Under direction from Company management and agricultural experts, support farmers to produce seed and chip-stock that meets international standards of PepsiCo for Crisp (chips) processing.

Responsibilities

Crop scouting and follow ups.

• Farm advisory service and help farmers from sowing till harvesting and handling.
• Ensure that good agricultural practices are followed on the farms producing potatoes for PepsiCo.
• Provide visibility of crop performance in the field and recommend corrective actions.
• Participate in training and other forms of Best Practices transfer to the Pakistan farmers.
• Help Agro regional manager in variety trials, evaluation and other research as and when required.
• New area development to stretch the fresh window for continuous fresh potato supply to reduce reliance on expensive storage and got best quality fresh Potatoes.
• SQA Journey with seed and chip stock traceability from seed to finish goods.
• Training to field team and farmers staff on crop best practices.
• Use of the agro machinery and field operation solution for WIN WIN, as cost effective and Quality management.
• Under direction, manage specific potato projects and programs.
• Help farmers in better crop management.
• Help Agro Regional Manager in AOP volumes procurements.
• Help Agro Regional Manager in potato variety field trials in Pakistan.
• Farms visits and advisory efficacy.
• Field testing, data collection, growers' complaint handling.
• General advisory to growers without recommendation any brands.
• Apart from the above, employee is expected to perform other accountabilities, time to time assigned by the manager.

Qualifications

B.Sc. (Hons)/M.Sc. in Agriculture Knowledge of potato growing area, farmers and crop management. Technical Know-how About Different Pest and Their Control. Fluent in local languages. Computer Skills with 1 / 2 years’ experience at supervisory level with any pesticide/seed company or 2–3-years' experience with Agro base field work.

Collaborates well with others to deliver results