Livestock Production Officer - JG -K (4 vacancies)

Duties and responsibilities

This is the entry and training grade for this cadre. An officer at this level will work under the guidance of a senior officer. Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail;

• preparing livestock technical information; providing technical advice in animal production, livestock marketing, range management, apiculture, and ranching, promoting economic livestock farming;
• participating in organizing extension activities which include field days, agricultural shows, field demonstrations, farmer field schools and farm visits;
• participating in collaborative research activities;
• disseminating livestock production technologies such as construction of livestock housing and structures, milk production, pasture and fodder production and conservation, farm planning, gross margin analysis, on farm feed formulation;
• implementing livestock production programmes/projects in such areas as dairy cattle farming, beef cattle, sheep , goats, pigs, poultry, rabbits, camels, donkeys breeding programmes, fodder production and conservation, value addition to livestock products, apiculture, emerging livestock and other animal husbandry interventions; and capturing, maintain and storing livestock data.

Requirements for appointment

For appointment to this grade, a candidate to this grade must have: -

i) Bachelor’s degree in any of the following disciplines; animal science, animal production, agriculture, apiculture, food science and technology, agribusiness, range management, natural resource management, livestock/ agricultural economics, dairy technology or agricultural education and extension from a recognized institution; and Land and Environmental Management, Land and Water Management; Soil Environment and Land Use Management; Soil Science or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.