Applications are invited from interested and suitably qualified candidates for the International Fertilizer Development Center Recruitment 2022
we are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Crop-Soil Simulation Modelling
Scope of Work
• Execute the work activities under the supervision of the Modelling and Mapping Specialist and Director.
• Support the development of a database system
• Quality control database formats and data from the experimental trial and survey data
• Understand and adapt drone imagery and analyses for country-specific purposes
• Teach in use of drones and analyses of drone imagery
• Supervision Master students
• Co-draft reports and scientific journal articles
• Travel to Ghana for field visits, teaching, and meetings.
Qualification Required & Experience
Requirements
• MSc/MPhil degree in agricultural sciences or geosciences with a strong background in agriculture.
• Very good knowledge of UAV and drone use application chain
• Good experience in precision farming and analyses of spectral data
• Good experience in satellite and drone images processing
• Excellent conceptualizing capabilities to link drone and remote observations to help disentangle drivers for yield from practical experimental data and from farm fields
• Very familiar with Pix4D, Agisoft Metashape, DJI Terra, ArcGIS, ENVI, and QGIS software
• Good Experience in data modeling via R/Python/Java Script or Julia languages programming and use of data manipulation and statistical packages
• Good communication skills
• Ability to write project reports and scientific papers
How to Apply
Interested applicants should CLICK HERE to apply
Application Deadline: 30th December 2022
