Overview
Provide technical and operational support to improve feed efficiency, nutritional management, and productivity of endangered indigenous livestock breeds through optimized feeding strategies aligned with sustainable rangeland management.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the technical assessment of nutritional status and feeding practices of target breeds.
- Technically support the identification of seasonal feed gaps and constraints.
- Technically support the identification of nutrition-related risks affecting breed conservation.
- Technically support the development of practical feeding approaches.
- Technically assist in the development of balanced ration formulations.
- Provide technical input on supplementary feeding approaches.
- Technically assist in the integration of nutrition planning into breeding and reproductive approaches.
- Technically support the design of feed monitoring and performance tracking measures.
- Technically and operationally support delivering training sessions for herders and technicians.
- Provide technical support to grazing management planning.
- Technically contribute to the comprehensive conservation strategy.
- Prepare technical and mission reports.
- Perform other related duties as required.
Required Experience
- At least 5 years of relevant experience in livestock nutrition planning and ration formulation.
- Work experience in more than one livestock production environment is desirable.
- Extent and relevance of experience in feed resource assessment, ration formulation and seasonal feed gap analysis.
- Extent and relevance of experience in linking nutrition strategies with reproductive and productivity performance.
- Familiarity with rangeland-based and pastoral feeding systems.
- Demonstrated experience in practical, field-oriented nutrition solutions for smallholders.
- Experience in training and capacity building.
- Ability to integrate nutrition planning into broader conservation and breeding strategies.
Qualifications
• Advanced university degree in Animal Nutrition, Animal Science, Livestock Production or related field
