01Overview
- Implementation and supervision of agreed research methodology for crop estimation analytical
- Regularly updating and maintaining databases / time series data and contribution to the development of the research methodology and strategy. Continuous review of the methodology being applied in view of observations made during crop tours
- Collection and evaluation of primary and secondary data and performing sanity check on databases and external sources to ensure consistency of data.
- Creating automation tools using macros, power pivot in MS Excel, which can help in making the task of updating data, swift and productive.
- Estimate Crop areas by collecting data from a) official sources regularly b) Confirmation of area estimates through visual estimation of area changes c) Farmer interviews d) Gathering of information from third parties like research institutes, state farms etc.
- Highlight the risks to the crop estimate by working out various scenarios. Assessment of the impact of various scenarios on yields and associated probabilities such as weather, pests, diseases and changing costs or supply of inputs or labor etc.
- Contribution to the development of the research methodology and strategy. Continuous review of the methodology being applied in view of observations made during crop tours.
- Conduct crop tours across different regions of India. The Job involves extensive travel across India
- Close monitoring of weather developments and long term forecasts to update production estimates.
- Analyze trends, evaluate behaviors etc. and make appropriate conclusions.
- Conducting detailed cost of production & Gross margins studies.
- Regularly monitor the crop development using Agronomical and statistical tools.
- Ability to think analytically, detect errors, determine causes, and make corrections.
- Work as part of a team and ensure the team meets its objectives
- Communication of the findings in the form of well-argued crop tour report .
