toviho gires josias • Expertise of participating diagnosis methods and tools. • Good knowledge of liveliness and focus group technics. • Management of research materials including field tools and seed production. • Preparation and conduct of research experiments on station and rural areas. • Evaluation and identification of rice varieties with resistance to major stress including drought tolelance. • Evaluation and identification of rice varieties with resistance to major insect pests including stem borers. • Data collection and statistical analysis using Minitab, Genstat, SAS and R software.