IITA Business Development Manager (Agronomy) Jobs 2022 – Nigeria NGO Jobs

IITA Business Development Manager (Agronomy) Jobs 2022 – Nigeria NGO Jobs. IITA Nigeria looking for “Business Development Manager (Agronomy)“. Applicants with a degree in Masters in Agricultural, Agronomy, Agricultural economics, Agribusiness Management may apply on or before August 12, 2022.

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture is a nonprofit organisation that works with partners to enhance crop quality and productivity, reduce producer and consumer risks, and generate wealth from agriculture, with the ultimate goals of reducing hunger, malnutrition, and poverty.

IITA Business Development Manager (Agronomy) Jobs 2022

The IITA has published a job vacancy announcement on August 04, 2022 for qualified Nigeria’s to fill in the vacant post of Business Development Manager (Agronomy) to be based in Kano, Nigeria.

Recruiter	International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
Position	Business Development Manager (Agronomy)
Location	Kano, Nigeria
Country	Nigeria
Total Vacant Post	N/A
Qualification	Masters in Agricultural, Agronomy, Agricultural economics, Agribusiness Management
Experience Required	Minimum Six years
Application Deadline	August 12, 2022

IITA Job Vacancy 2022

Duties:

• Increase private sector investment into the vitamin A maize, iron pearl millet and cowpea subsectors through building competitive commodity value chains that
• increase Return on Investment (ROI).
• Support the Scaling Climate Adapted Nutritious Crops Through Market Systems (Nigeria) program in the establishment of strong agro input supply chains by
• provision of business development support to all actors, namely: seed companies and agro-dealers.
• Facilitate the creation of robust supply chains for aggregators and processors through the provision of technical assistance and capacity building to producers, aggregators, retailers, service providers, and other actors.
• Work with the state coordinators to put in place sustainable contract farming and out-grower business models that will guarantee continuous raw material sourcing for processors.
• Suggest and implement demand creation strategies that will increase demand for vitamin A maize, millet and cowpea seed and grains.
• Work with the state coordinators to reduce post-harvest losses via the identification and deployment of proven, culturally appropriate post-harvest loss, processing and food safety solutions.
• Create business opportunities along value chains for young people and women through capacity building, and the creation of support systems via mentoring,
• access to finance and markets

Position in Organization:

• Ref: IITA-HR-NRS2022-014
• Location: Kano
• Date Posted: 03 July 2022
• Recruitment Type: National (1-year renewable contract)
• Closing Date: 12 August 2022
• Remuneration: We offer highly competitive salary with equally attractive benefits and excellent working conditions in a pleasant campus environment.

Qualification:

• Masters in Agricultural, Agronomy, Agricultural economics, Agribusiness Management or any other Service Management courses with a minimum of six (6) years’ experience performing similar or related role in a well-structured organization. Training in the areas of market systems, value chain approach, cooperatives/social entrepreneurship, nongovernmental organization (NGO) administration, business development services, business policy formulation and advocacy and information, communication and technology is an added advantage.

How to Apply IITA Business Development Manager (Agronomy) Jobs 2022

Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.

Then to apply, go to https://jobs.iita.org/eRecruit/Home/GetDocument/2846

The Closing Date: August 12, 2022.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

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