Agronomic Data Modelling Specialist for FAO Platform – Italy

BidsFactory; Italia; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Aninver Development Partners SL is seeking an Agronomic / Data Modelling Specialist for an FAO-funded consultancy in Italy. The role focuses on designing and developing models for a digital decision-support platform that provides evidence-based, site-specific fertilizer recommendations for sustainable agriculture.

The successful candidate will build complex algorithms integrating soil, crop, climate, and fertilizer pricing data and contribute to field validation trials and capacity development.

Qualifications

• Five (5) years of experience in fertilizer recommendation systems, nutrient-budgeting models, agronomic models, or agricultural decision-support tools.
• Fluent in English

Responsibilities

• Formulate and refine agronomic models and decision-support tools tailored to local/regional contexts.
• Integrate soil, crop, climate, and fertilizer price data into platform algorithms.
• Generate precise fertilizer type, quantity, timing, and method recommendations.
• Perform economic benefit analyses and determine substitution rates and split-application schedules.
• Collaborate with software developers and digital strategy experts to integrate models into web and mobile platforms.
• Provide technical agronomic support during field validation trials in pilot countries.

Skills

Fertilizer recommendation systems

Nutrient-budgeting models

Agronomic models

Agricultural decision-support tools

English (fluency)

Job description

Aninver Development Partners SL is seeking an Agronomic / Data Modelling Specialist for an FAO-funded consultancy in Italy. The role focuses on designing and developing models for a digital decision-support platform that provides evidence-based, site-specific fertilizer recommendations for sustainable agriculture.

The successful candidate will build complex algorithms integrating soil, crop, climate, and fertilizer pricing data and contribute to field validation trials and capacity development.