Plant Breeder at Leverage Seeds Limited

Responsibilities

• Preparation of workplans, planting programs and budgets for breeding nurseries, field trials and seed production activities.
• Design and management of breeding nurseries, field trials and seed production fields
• Supervision of selection of farmers for out-growers’ scheme and provision of technical backstopping to farmers for seed production activities.
• Supervision of the establishment of demos and high-way seed drops
• Management and capacity building of support and technical staff
• Training of field staff on data collection and analysis
• Training of farmers on yield enhancement techniques.
• Setting up research trials, data analysis and interpretation of results
• Conduct of field trials to assess germplasm for genetic diversity and characterization of germplasm for tolerance to stresses
• Identification of desirable traits for seed improvement through genetic variation
• Advancement of knowledge of plant breeding techniques
• Drafting of technical reports and publication
• Development of stress tolerant maize, soybean, cowpea, and rice varieties
• Selection of parent lines for cross breeding
• Hybrid seed production in maize, and rice
• Liaison with research institutes for varietal release process
• Liaison with commercial plant breeders, scientists, and funding bodies
• Monitoring of competitors’ activities and setting of product profile in the market
• Any other responsibility assigned to him by the Line Manager or the Management staff.

Qualifications

• Candidates should possess a Ph.D or Master's Degree with at least 2 years work experience.