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Vihiga County whose headquarters is in Mbale is Located in the Western Region of Kenya. It boarders Nandi to the East, Kisumu County to the South, Siaya County to the West and KAKAMEGA County to the North. It is one of the four Counties in the former Western Province. Vihiga County has five Constituencies; Luanda, Emuhaya, Hamisi, Sabatia and Vihiga. The County’s population stands at 612,000.
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must meet the following requirements:-
- Served for a minimum period of three (3) years in Job group “M” or its Holder of at least a Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture, Agriculture & Home Economics, Agricultural Extension, Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness, Horticulture, Agroforestry and any other related field from a recognized institution;
- A Master’s degree in Agricultural Economics and related discipline is an added advantage;
- Demonstrate professional and technical competence in work performance and results;
- Be computer literate.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Deployed as the County Agribusiness Officer and reporting to the County Director of Agriculture;
- Coordination of implementation of projects and programmes related to Agribusiness development in the county;
- Promote holistic approaches to farm business development;
- Establishing farming systems and land use patterns in the county;
- Establish economic performance trends of major enterprises in the county;
- Promote formulation and use farm business plans, agricultural credit management, and value chain development;
- Capacity building and backstopping in Agribusiness issues including incubation centres;
- Participate in monitoring and evaluation of agricultural programmes in the county;
- Consolidate farm input requirements in the county in liaison with Crops Officer and establish a data bank on stockists;
- Promotion of information dissemination channels on input availability, quality and prices;
- Promoting formation of produce
- Monitoring the agricultural credit levels of lending by financial institutions;
- Promoting diversification of credit products;
- Monitoring the performance of agricultural markets and marketing systems and establish market commodity prices data bank;
- Coordinating farm competitions and awards scheme in the county;
- Development and review of farm management guidelines;
- Participating in the development of farm compensation guidelines;
- Participating in field days, exhibitions and shows;
- Preparation and implementation of work plans and budgets; and
- Compilation of sectional periodic reports;
- Any other duty as may be prescribed by the County Director of
- Agriculture from time to time.
The applicants should download the application for Employment form the official County Website, complete it and submit to the undersigned on or before Friday 23rd January, 2024 at 5pm.
THE SECRETARY/CEO
COUNTY PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD,
P.O. BOX 880-50300
MARAGOLI
QUEENS ARCADE BUILDING MBALE TOWN
ALONG KISUMU KAKAMEGA ROAD
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County Government of Vihiga is an equal opportunity employer and encourages People Living with Disabilities, Youth and Women to apply.
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