Overview
Analyze gaps and opportunities for climate-resilient millet seed production and provide technical support to strengthen Namibia’s mahangu seed system through capacity development and coordinated stakeholder engagement.
Tasks Summary
- Analyze gaps and opportunities for climate-resilient millet seed production.
- Train extension and research officers as Trainers of Trainers (ToT) in seed production.
- Develop a Millet Seed Production Manual.
- Train seed growers on millet seeds and production thereof.
- Present on Millet seed production at the Mahangu Symposium.
- Facilitate peer learning on millet seed.
- Provide technical support at the inception workshop.
- Gather seed-related data and provide technical inputs to the national mahangu value chain assessment.
- Conduct Training of Trainers (ToT) for 56 extension and research officers on millet seed production.
- Oversee the development of a comprehensive Millet Seed Production Manual.
- Support capacity development of seed growers on seed production, processing, weed and plant population management, and basic financial and market skills.
- Support knowledge exchange through presentations on millet seed production at the national Millet (Mahangu) Symposium.
- Support exposure visits and farmer-to-farmer learning for seed growers.
Experience Requirements
- At least 5 years of proven experience working in semi-arid agricultural systems and with smallholder seed growers.
- Experience of at least 5 years in designing or implementing capacity-building programmes for extension staff and farmers.
Qualification Requirements
• Advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in Agronomy, Seed Science and Technology, Plant Breeding, Crop Science, or a closely related field.
