Horticulture Specialist (Farah, Afghanistan)

Identification of potential nurseries of fruits in western region Farah, Badghis and neighboring provinces.
Confirmation of certified and true-to type fruits saplings in selected nurseries.

Roots of Peace is a humanitarian organization that has worked in war-torn countries around the world with our partners to remove the remnants of war, landmines and unexploded ordinance, and restore the land in order to rebuild peaceful communities for generations to come. For the past twenty years, the Roots of Peace award-winning “Mines to Vines” approach has impacted one million farmers and families, enabling the exports worth over $150 million to international markets. Since beginning our work in Afghanistan in 2003, Roots of Peace has worked with agricultural value chains in every province of the country resulting in 100,000 tons of exports, creating over 9,000 full-time agribusiness jobs that benefited more than 38,000 families from these value chain approaches. From farmers to exporters, Roots of Peace develops entire agricultural value chains by implementing the ROP Development Model which is designed to serve as a catalyst to generate much broader impact industry-wide – improving incomes for smallholder farmers, bringing peace to rural communities, transforming national industries.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Surveying of fruits nurseries in Farah, Basghis and neighboring provinces
• Identification of potential nurseries of fruits in Farah and Badghis.
• Confirmation of certified and true-to type fruits saplings in selected nurseries
• Close observation of uprooting & removing the saplings from soil, loading and unloading in targeted districts of CBARD in both provinces.
• Assisting CBARD-MAIL field staff in distribution of saplings of citrus in Farah and Badghis provinces.
• Preparation of required documents of saplings distribution to pre-selected farmers in targeted districts of Farah and Badghis province (in close coordination with CBARD-MAIL).
• Assisting the production sourcing officer in provision of technical assistance and trainings to farmers and orchard owners on pre -harvest and post-harvest practices of high value crops (fruits and vegetable) to ensure the requirements of the national and international markets.
• Coordination of activities with DAIL staff and local Shuras (councils) in targeted districts and villages.
• Submission of monthly activities reports to Sr. Production Specialist in center.
• Any other assignments given by supervisor and DCOP/COP

Interested qualified afghan national Male/female candidates are requested to submit their CVs and cover letter to CBARD-HR@rootsofpeace.org no later than 13.01.2021. clearly mention the vacancy number ROP-CBARD-021-2020 in the subject line, applications not mentioning the vacancy number will not be considered.

Only shortlisted candidates will be invited for the interview.

Submission Email
CBARD-HR@rootsofpeace.org