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Our mission is to support smallholder farmers in developing countries by providing customized information and services that increase productivity, profitability, and environmental sustainability. Precision Agriculture for Development (PAD) is working on a new model for agricultural extension: reaching farmers with personalized agricultural advice through the...
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Precision Agriculture for Development, Inc. (PAD) is hiring an Agronomy Associate to support PAD’s operations in Kenya, and to assist in expanding and improving the Ministry of Agriculture’s SMS advisory platform (MoA-INFO) - managed and operated by PAD. MoA-INFO aims to provide high quality agricultural recommendations to smallholder farmers throughout Kenya. The focus on the platform is currently on the Fall Armyworm (FAW) infestation. PAD, in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture, aims to deliver a wide array of agronomical content to smallholders through the platform, thus adding high quality and impactful content to the platform is an immediate priority.
PAD was established with a keen eye towards rigorous evaluation and constant experimentation. We aim to provide mobile agricultural extension services but also to rigorously evaluate impact. Each of our programs and partnerships have a strong complement of social science research, ranging from large- and small-scale randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to A/B tests to pilot trials. Most of PAD's research projects are led by economists Shawn Cole (Harvard Business School) and Michael Kremer (Harvard University). PAD's research activities are also supported by affiliated researchers from other institutions and are overseen by PAD's Boston-based Senior Researcher.
Kenyan citizens are strongly encouraged to apply.
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The Kenya Agronomy Associate will be involved in the following tasks:
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