scientific officer
Ministry of Agriculture (Botswana )
Total years of experience :18 years, 4 Months
Participate in crop production activities, which include:
Developing appropriate strategies and ensure adoption of the farming technologies by the farming community
Identify potential projects within area of responsibility to facilitate planning and budgeting
Conducts agricultural exhibitions and organise farmers day
Conducts administration issues for farmers in the district
Conducts presentation to farmers
Compile monthly and quarterly reports of farming in the district
Conduct Farm visits in the district and region
Liaise with relevant role-players/stakeholders with regards to crop production and field management in the district and region
Motivate and encourage farmers to produce quality products through conducting exhibitions
Design crop production demonstration conducted on farmers’ fields to pioneer
Improve technologies to be adopted by the farming community
Participate in all relevant agricultural activities organised by the ministry in the districts
Monitor and maintain database on trends of total production, imports and consumption of all crops at district and regional offices
Participate in monitoring the performance of departmental programmes and Projects within the community in the district and region
Train interns in the field of crop production
Assist farmers with the challenges the encounter in the crop field
Supervision of subordinates
Give advice on the which chemical to use for crops e.g. weeds
Compile the payments for farmers after harvesting
Monitoring and Evaluating farms in the district
Assist in crop production activities and administration issues, which include:
Assist in developing appropriate strategies and ensure adoption of the farming technologies by the farming community
Assist in conducting agricultural exhibitions and organise farmers day
Collection of soil sample
Assist in conducting administration issues for farmers in the district
Assist in compiling monthly and quarterly reports
Assist in crop production demonstration conducted on farmers’ fields to pioneer
Participate in all relevant agricultural activities organised by the ministry in the districts
Liaise with relevant role-players/stakeholders with regards to crop production and field management in the district and region
Monitor and maintain database on trends of total production, imports and consumption of all crops at district and regional offices
Participate in monitoring the performance of departmental programmes and Projects within the community in the district and region
Assist farmers with the challenges the encounter in the crop field
Dispatch seeds to the farmers
Give advice on the which chemical to use for crops e.g. weeds
Compile the payments for farmers after harvesting
Assist in crop production activities and administration issues, which include:
Assist in facilitating farmers and conducting presentation to farmers and stakeholders
Selling of crops and compile a bookkeeping records
Assist in compiling income and expenditure in the farm
Assist in general administration work in the farm
Assist in compiling research data
Vegetable planting demonstration to farmers
Assist in proving farmers with clarity on crop farming and field management
Liaise with relevant role-players/stakeholders with regards to crop production and field management
Provide assistance on the chemical to use for crops
Assist in compiling monthly and quarterly reports
Assist in assets
Major Subjects : Research methodology, Crop production 4, Agricultural extension 4, Communication Research topic name : Cotton not given priority by many African as compared to Whites Supervisor : Mr Hagedon
Major Subjects : Crop production 1-3 Agricultural extension 1, 2, 3 Agriculture mechanization 1 and farm planning 1 Beef production 1 and 2 Small stock production 1 and 2 Agriculture economics 1 and agriculture marketing 2 Crop protection 1 and vegetable production 1 Agriculture calculation 1 and natural pastures 1 Agriculture production techniques 1 and
Major Subjects : English, Science, History, Literature in English, Setswana, Agriculture