Senior Agronomist
Company: Gramik
Position: Senior Agronomist
Location: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Experience: 5–10 Years
Role Overview
Gramik is looking for an experienced Senior Agronomist with strong expertise in Crop Nutrition, Pest & Disease Management, and Agri-Input Product Recommendations. The candidate will be responsible for providing scientific, practical, and crop-stage-specific advisory to farmers and supporting Gramik's farmer advisory, product, sales, and technology teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Diagnose crop nutrient deficiencies, pest infestations, and diseases based on farmer inputs, field observations, and crop symptoms.
- Provide crop-stage-wise recommendations for fertilizers, micronutrients, bio-stimulants, insecticides, fungicides, and other crop protection products.
- Develop Crop Nutrition & Crop Protection Protocols for major crops.
- Recommend the right product, right dosage, right application method, and right application time.
- Create crop calendars, Package of Practices (PoP), and advisory content for farmers.
- Support Gramik's farmer advisory, call centre, sales, product, and technology teams with agronomy expertise.
- Evaluate and validate new agri-input products based on technical composition, field efficacy, and farmer requirements.
- Conduct field visits, crop diagnostics, product trials, and training programs.
- Train internal teams and field staff on crop nutrition, pest management, disease management, and product recommendations.
- Contribute agronomy knowledge to digital advisory and AI-based crop recommendation systems.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- M.Sc. Agriculture / Agronomy / Plant Pathology / Entomology / Soil Science preferred.
- 5–10 years of relevant experience in Agronomy, Crop Advisory, or Agri-Input Industry.
- Strong understanding of Plant Nutrition, Pest Management, Plant Diseases, and Crop Protection.
- Excellent knowledge of fertilizers, micronutrients, bio-stimulants, pesticides, fungicides, and bio-products.
- Ability to diagnose crop problems and provide practical, commercially available product recommendations.
- Strong communication and farmer training skills.
- Knowledge of major crops grown in Uttar Pradesh and North India will be preferred.
Join Gramik and help build intelligent, scientific, and technology-driven crop advisory solutions for farmers.