Agricultural Economist

About ( Ministry of Agriculture) AAIP Project

Job Summary

The Agricultural Economist is responsible to focus more on supply and demand analysis of grain in the agricultural sector. This includes the temporal and spatial trends analysis in grain production, consumption, imports and distribution.

Duties & Responsibilities

Compile, analyze, and report data to explain economic phenomena and forecast market trends for wheat.

Forecast production, consumption and import of wheat based on past records.

Formulate recommendations, policies, or plans to solve wheat distribution problems.

Determine the time for wheat release and purchase.

Examine the impact of wheat pricing policies on its consumption.

Assess the impact of wheat procurement on market price.

Assess the impact of wheat release on market price.

Provide information on wheat market trends.

Provide advice and consultation on agricultural economic relationships to businesses, public and private agencies, and other employers.

Develop economic guidelines and standards and prepare points of view used in forecasting trends and formulating agricultural economic policy.

Develop, monthly, quarterly and annual reports related to wheat crop estimation unit of SGR project.

Demonstrate the application of current best practice in the economic analysis field in relation to strategic grain reserve.

Provide technical inputs in the preparation of the project strategic directions and sustainability measures.

He/she will report to the SGR project director.

Other duties as assigned by the SGR project director.

Job Requirements

The Agricultural Economist must have the following basic qualification and working experience:

Advanced degree in the field of Development Economics / Agricultural Economics / Agribusiness or any other relevant field.

Minimum four (4) years of professional experience

Fluency in local languages as well as English Language.

Familiarity with agriculture/ministry of agriculture.

Strong data analytics skills and report writing required.

Be able to use the MS Office package (Word, Excel and Power Point).

Experience in the application of statistical analysis software is preferred.

Problems solving / coordination collaboration.

Ability to work in a high pressure environment.

Ability to lead a team of analysts.

Excellent communication and organization skills.

Have excellent presentation skills.

Ability to work under pressure and work extra hours when required.

Submission Guideline

Please send your update CV along with a cover letter electronically to below emails:
The email subject line must be: (Agricultural Economist – 10/MAIL/SGR).
Please note that any/all application submissions after the closing date will not be considered.
Only short listed candidates whose application responds to the above criteria will be contacted for interview. Offering the contract to the successful applicant is subject to fund availability from the donor.

Functional Area

Agriculture

Countries

Submission Email

sgr.vacancies@mail.gov.af

sgr.vacancies@gmail.com

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