Livestock Production Officer - (6 Posts) Internship at County Government of Kericho

KCPSB/2023/34  

Duties and Responsibilities

• 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;
• Capturing, maintaining and storing livestock data.

Requirements for Internship

• Be unemployed graduate from a recognized institution having graduated within the last three (3) years (2020,2021,2022);
• Bachelor’s degree in any of the following disciplines:- Animal Science, Animal Production, Agriculture, Agribusiness, Range Management, Natural Resource Management, Livestock/Agricultural Economics, Dairy Technology, or Agricultural Education and Extension from a recognized Institution;
• Certificate in computer applications; 
• Have no previous work experience related to the area of study;
• Certificate of good conduct.