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**Job Title**:District Coordinator**

**Code**: DC061124

**Project**: Comprehensive Project on Rice Fallow Management 2024-25

**AboutMSSRF **The M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) was

established in 1988 as a not-for-profit trust by Professor M. S.

Swaminathan. The Foundation aims to accelerate the use of modern

science for agricultural and rural development, aswellas the

adaptation and dissemination of technology to improve lives and

livelihoods oftribal and rural communities. MSSRF follows a pro-poor,

pro-women and pro-natureapproach and applies appropriate science

and technology options to address practical problems faced by rural

populations in agriculture, natural resources, food and nutrition.

The Foundation works in the areas of Integrated Coastal systems

management, Agro-biodiversity, Conservation and sustainable use of

natural resources, Ecotechnology and Agriculture, Health and

and digital technologies across programme areas. MSSRF is currently

working in six states of India. Please visit our website for more

**Job Description **o Undertake and perform activities as assigned for
implementation of Comprehensive Project on Rice Fallow

Management in the assigned District.
- Regular coordination with District level officials and PRI

member for smooth implementation of the project
- Finalization of Crop wise and Block wise target area in
consultation with District Level Officials.
- Finalization of GP, Village, and Farmers for Cluster
Demonstration of different crops in consultation with Block

Coordinator.
- Build capacity of community stakeholders in terms of
participatory planning, appropriate training, awareness and

knowledge sharing with the State Coordinator.
- Ensuring timely supply of seeds and other inputs to the Block
Head quarter.
- Ensuring regular field monitoring with District level officials.
- Establish strong coordination with District and block level PRI

members and Officials from Agriculture Department.
- The District Coordinator will be responsible for implementing

various activities and preparing project reports for the district.
- Any other task assigned by the Supervisor and Director

**Academic Qualification **Post Graduate in any discipline or M.Sc / B.Sc in Agriculture

documentation

cultivation

**Age **Below 45 years
**Remuneration **Negotiable

**Duration **8 months

**Locations **Nayagarh, Gajapati, Kandhamal and Khordha Districts of Odisha

**Number of Positions **4 (Four
- one in each district)

**Mode of Application **Walk in Interview **at***
State Liasioning Office
M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation
At: Madhusudan Nagar
Plot Number
- 102, Second Floor, Unit-4, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Contact No: 8249733629

**Date of Walk-in-Interview: 20 November 2024**

**Walk in Interview **at***
Office of the Director

M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation

(Tribal Agro-biodiversity Centre)

At-Phulabad, PO: Umuri

Jeypore-764002

Phone: 06854-295695

**Date of Walk-in-Interview: 26 November 2024
**Date and Time of Walk-**
**in-Interview**

**20 November 2024 (Registration at 10.00AM to 11.00AM)**

**At State Liasioning Office**
M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation
At: Madhusudan Nagar
Plot Number
- 102, Second Floor, Unit-4, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Contact No: 8249733629

**(For Nayagarh, Khordha and Kandhamal Districts)**

**26 November 2024 (Registration at 10.00AM to 11.00AM)
**At Office of the Director
M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation

(Tribal Agro-biodiversity Centre)

At-Phulabad, PO: Umuri

Jeypore-764002

Phone: 06854-295695
**(For Gajapati District)**

**Location **Tribal Agro-biodiversity Centre, M S Swaminathan Research
Foundation, Jeypore, Odisha
(Place of posting shall be at the district level of above-mentioned
districts)