Agronomist, Prana Project

OFFICE LOCATION:

Mohali, Punjab

Mohali, Punjab

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WHO WE ARE:

This is an exciting time at The Nature Conservancy (TNC) as we are shifting our strategy for greater impact in the world, seeking to address some of the most complex challenges facing people and nature — issues such as climate change, conserving lands, waters, and oceans at unprecedented scale, providing food and water sustainably and helping make cities more resilient and sustainable.

Our Mission
TNC's mission is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends.

Rather than viewing development - including economic growth - and conservation as contradictory goals, TNC works to demonstrate how nature has value for people and development and how nature can provide enormous economic benefit.

TNC envisions a future where people and nature can flourish together.

Our Vision

A world where the diversity of life thrives, and people act to conserve nature for its own sake and its ability to fulfil our needs and enrich our lives.

The Conservancy Team

We achieve this through the dedicated efforts of our 3,800 diverse staff, including more than 600 scientists, all of whom support conservation in 76 countries and all 50 United States.

We are striving to develop a workforce as diverse as the places where we work, and we have a deep commitment to diversity.

Organizational History

TNC is the largest conservation organisation in the world, working in all 50 states in the United States and more than 76 countries.

It was incorporated as a non-profit organization in the District of Columbia on October 22, 1951. TNC is science-based and in every place, we work, we partner with governments, businesses, and local communities.

TNC is advancing its mission by protecting and restoring rivers, landscapes and oceans for people and their development at an unprecedented scale; it is transforming the way humanity uses the Earth's natural resources to sustain ourselves.

WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE TOGETHER:

About PRANA PROJECT

TNC has been successful in securing a significant grant from the Bezos Earth Fund for the Promoting Regenerative and No-burn Agriculture (PRANA) Project in India.

Nature Conservancy India Solutions Pvt Ltd (NCIS) is providing techno-managerial services for the effective management and implementation of the project.

The expected outcomes for the successful delivery of the project over four years are as follows:

• The elimination of burning on 1 million hectares of cropland
• At least 250,000 farmers adopt zeroburn cropping systems.
• At least 6 million tons of CO2e mitigation.
• 500 billion liters of water saved from enhanced soil health and better agronomic practices.

About the position:

WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOU:

Essential Functions:

Agronomist will conduct regular field visits to meet with the target farmers and monitor the project activities. Agronomist will provide guidance on effective practices to achieve environmental and agronomic goals of the project.

Agronomist will advise internally and externally on technical aspects related to conservation agriculture, adhering to NCIS'/TNC's rigorous scientific and external engagement principles.

Roles and responsibilities:

• Offer agriculture technical and science expertise within the PRANA Project on issues of improved crop management, soil management, sustainable intensification, climatesmart agriculture, multifunctional landscapes, and food systems analysis as well as identifying and promoting technologies to promote sustainable and resilient farming systems in the project regions.
• Provide insights into the effects of various variable climate change scenarios.
• Provide scientific and technical guidance, coordinate and monitor the PRANA project agriculture activities and capacity to the implementing partners of the PRANA project for effective implementation and successful delivery.
• Recognize opportunities for innovative action and accelerate the identification, prioritization, and uptake of adaptive measures.
• Provide technical support and strategic direction to the Field Operations Manager, fieldbased staff and project partners.
• Develop evidence gap maps of farmers' knowledge and understanding of best agricultural practices.
• Identify and analyze the barriers and opportunities for the uptake of sustainable crop residue management practices and formulate recommendations to address.
• Codesign interventions based on farming systems approaches and farmer typology and profiling.
• Support the integration of geospatial data analysis for learning, decision making and monitoring.
• Collaborate with the PRANA project Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager to develop and implement appropriate monitoring and tracking systems.
• Build and strengthen working partnerships with universities (such as Punjab Agriculture University), research institutions, and government agencies.
• Take part in program planning, reviews and pro

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