Crop-Soil Simulation Modelling and Mapping Scientist at IFDC
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- Company: IFDC
- Location: Ghana
- State: Jobs in Accra
- Job type: Full-Time
- Job category: Agricultural Jobs in Ghana
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Job Description
Scope of Work
• Execute the work activities under the supervision of the Modelling and Mapping Specialist and Director.
• Support development of a database system
• Quality control database formats and data from experimental trial and survey data
• Understand and adapt drone imagery and analyses for country specific purposes
• Teach in use of drones and analyses of drone imagery
• Supervision of Master students
• Co-draft reports and scientific journal articles
• Travel in Ghana for field visits, teaching and meetings.
Qualification Required & Experience
Requirements
• MSc/MPhil degree in agricultural sciences or geosciences with a strong background in agriculture.
• Very good knowledge in UAV and drone use application chain
• Good experience in precision farming and analyses of spectral data
• Good experience in satellite and drone images processing
• Excellent conceptualizing capabilities to link drone and remote observations to help disentangle drivers for yield from practical experimental data and from farm fields
• Very familiar with Pix4D, Agisoft Metashape, DJI Terra, ArcGIS, ENVI and QGIS software
• Good Experience in data modelling via R/Python/Java Script or Julia languages programming and use of data manipulation and statistical packages
• Good communication skills
• Ability to write project reports and scientific papers
Location: Accra
Method of Application
To submit your application, click on the link below and complete all relevant fields on the online application form. Click Here To Apply OnlineClosing Date: 30 December, 2022
