Job description

– Elaborate a local strategy on animal resources, monitor its implementation at Sector level and produce consolidated reports thereof;
– Organize, in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, trainings and public awareness campaigns meant to disseminate new livestock technologies among beneficiaries;
– Supervise the identification and mapping of animal diseases prevailing at the Sector level and advise on the preventive and reactive measures across the District;
– Supervise the distribution of veterinary inputs (including carrying out artificial insemination) and improvement of animal breeds;
– Maintain an updated database of associations, cooperatives and individuals involved in animal rearing, fishing activities registered in the District;
– Supervise the implementation of programs meant for improving commercialization outlets for animal products including their certification.