Farhan Ahmad, Ex. Agriculture-Livelihood Officer

Farhan Ahmad

Ex. Agriculture-Livelihood Officer

UN-WFP

Location
Pakistan
Education
Doctorate, Agriculture
Experience
4 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :4 years, 5 Months

Ex. Agriculture-Livelihood Officer at UN-WFP
  • Pakistan - Peshawar
  • November 2021 to January 2023

• Assist in coordinating and conducting the assessment, monitoring and evaluation of project activities related to agricultural livelihoods (Agricultural Schemes, Farmers’ Field Schools, Exposure Visits etc).
• Carry out different types of need assessments and surveys as and when required for the project implementation.
• Carry out different analysis of agricultural value chains, comparative economic analysis of different crops and compiling of reports.
• Identify and document success stories and case studies on extraordinary aspects of the project.
• Implement project activities like development of village development plans, enterprise development and assess the situation for innovative scheme in livelihood sector.
• Oversee the maintenance and submission of project management tools to ensure quality implementation of all agriculture projects and activities in timely fashion.
• Develop case studies and success stories of training participants.
• Submit program related reports as required.
• Conduct regular visits to project sites to carry out process monitoring as well as taking feedback from the target community about the projects and incorporating their views for improving performance.
• Provide feedback to Program management on the efficacy of monitoring and reporting tools based on experience

Ex. Livelihood Officer at UN-WFP
  • Pakistan - Kohat
  • March 2021 to September 2021


Conduct agriculture assessment and determine farmers needs and gaps.

Building strong relationships with relevant stakeholders, including farmers, cooperatives and governmental departments.

Execute certain trainings regarding agriculture activities in the field on IPM and livestock management.

Develop case studies and success stories of training participants.

Submission of all trainings reports.

Develop the tools, SoPs, and other documents needed to manage the agriculture activities.

Contribute, participate, and lead the registration of beneficiaries and answering technical questions.

Contribute, participate, and lead the distribution and implementation of agriculture activities.

Program Officer – Livelihood at Step towards Empowerment of Pupils (STEP)
  • Pakistan - Peshawar
  • March 2020 to October 2020

Carried out recovery of livelihood activities in four newly merged district of FATA including Mohmand, Khyber, Bajaur and Kurram through distribution of poultry pullets & CFW (Cash For Work). Distributed agricultural tools, fertilizer, seed and pesticide to poor vulnerable farmers in District Muzaffargarh. Remained engaged in USAID/FAO agriculture & livestock input distribution to 50, 000 conflict affected, poor beneficiaries.

Agronomist at Human Resource Development Society
  • Pakistan - Dera Ismail Khan
  • October 2019 to February 2020

As Agro project focal and technical expert, supervise design and implementation of agriculture recovery program focused on IDPs and displaced population in District Tank funded by UNHCR.
Responsibilities included to visit all UCs of Tank and review and assess (i) intensification and diversification of field and horticultural crops, including livestock activity; (ii) cereal crops seed multiplication on farmers field; (iii) participatory research approach; (iv) revolving funds for input-output marketing; (v) farmers training, (vi) IPM, (vii) private nurse sires, (viii) communication supports, and (ix) support to line departments etc. and also assess to what extent the project has been successful in having a complimentarily between various donor-funded projects in order to best utilize the scares resources, avoid duplication and ensure costs effectiveness.

Graduate Research Assistant at The University of Agriculture Peshawar
  • Pakistan - Peshawar
  • January 2018 to December 2018

Project: Enhancing of Maize crop yield by the applications of integrated nitrogen and planting density

Conduction of field and laboratory experiments

Data collection and analysis

Work plan & Progress report writing

Monitoring of day to day activities carried out in the research field

Processing of research papers for publications

Research interne at The University of Agriculture Peshawar
  • Pakistan - Peshawar
  • February 2017 to July 2017

6 months working experience as a research supervisor on “Effect of different nitrogenous fertilizers on yield
and yield attributes to maize”

Education

Doctorate, Agriculture
  • at Universitas Padjadjaran
  • December 2025

Ph.D. Student at Universitas Padjadjaran Indonesia

Master's degree, Agronomy
  • at Universitas Padjadjaran
  • December 2023

Master in Agronomy Major concentration - Ecophysiology Research title - WATERING VOLUME AND GROWING DESIGN ON GROWTH, YIELD AND QUALITY OF CHERRY TOMATO (Solanum lycopersicum Cerasiformae)

Master's degree, Agronomy
  • at The University of Agriculture Peshawar
  • December 2019

M. Sc (Hons) Agronomy Research title - Effect of integrated nitrogen and plant population on growth and yield of maize.

Bachelor's degree, Agronomy
  • at The University of Agriculture Peshawar
  • December 2017

B. Sc (Hons) Agronomy Research title - influence of nitrogenous fertilizers on productivity of maize crop

Specialties & Skills

Data Analysis
Experimentation
Climate Change Adaptation
Sustainable Agriculture
Teaching
Agriculture-livelihood specialist
Internet operations
Climate smart agriculture
Teaching
Field crop experimentation
Sustainable agriculture
Data Analysis

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Native Speaker
Pushto
Native Speaker
Indonesian
Intermediate
Punjabi
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

13th International Student Festival of Harkat at Iran (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2021
5 days training on social mobilization and behavior change communication (Training)
Training Institute:
Human Resource Development Society (HRDS)
Date Attended:
October 2019
Duration:
120 hours
3 Days training on best agro practices (Training)
Training Institute:
Human Resource Development Society (HRDS)
Date Attended:
August 2019
Duration:
72 hours
Communication, reporting and case study (Training)
Training Institute:
Step Towards Empowerment of Pupil (STEP)
Date Attended:
June 2018
Duration:
24 hours
3-day training on Basic of safety and security in the field (Training)
Training Institute:
STEP TOWARDS EMPOWERMENT OF PUPIL (STEP)
Date Attended:
May 2018
Duration:
72 hours
5-day training on social organization and community development, (Training)
Training Institute:
STEP TOWARDS EMPOWERMENT OF PUPIL (STEP)
Date Attended:
January 2018
Duration:
120 hours

Hobbies

  • Playing cricket, Playing badminton