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Research Assistant: Land Restoration and Agroforestry Scaling

Center for International Forestry Research

Center for International Forestry Research

Elgeyo-Marakwet County, Kenya
Posted 6+ months ago


1. Extension Support:

· Provide technical trainings, field demonstrations/trials and other support to IPs and lead farmers on agroforestry and other land management practices

· Set up and or manage rural resource centers for supply of quality seedlings, demonstrations and information

· Provide technical trainings and other support to IPs and lead farmers on soil & water conservation and climate smart production practices and techniques.

2. Research support:

· Facilitate and support action research and co-learning activities (with IPs, lead farmers and other stakeholders)

· Collect, analyse and summarize research data, and assist / prepare, manuals, guidelines, training and workshop reports

· Contribute to writing of technical reports, scientific articles and case studies.

3. Monitoring, evaluation and learning:

· Support PMEL processes working, build the capacity of the implementing partners and lead farmers in tree tracking

· Support implementation of baseline, uptake surveys and impact assessment data collection and complementary qualitative follow-up assessments.

4. Programme management.

· Support production of project implementation plans and progress reports

· Support organization of workshops and field visits.