CITRUS FARM MANAGER - South Africa
Farm Manager SA
Can Tho Area – Vietnam : Our client seeks to employ an experienced Citrus Farm Manager with a successful track record with managing conventional and preferably organic citrus farms. Only candidates with the relevant experience will be considered. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS Bachelor’s degree agronomy or horticulture A minimum of five years’ work experience within the citrus sector as agronomist, farm manager, or extensionist Practical experience with conventional and organic citrus production systems Able to develop and implement successful extension systems Experience in setting up, monitoring, analyzing and reporting upon applied trials A pioneer who enjoys being part of a young, dynamic, and fast-growing company in one of the most rapidly developing countries in the world Result-driven and passionate for excellence RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: Setup a citrus demo and R&D farm, one for organic citrus and one for conventional citrus, which can be used to demonstrate and train our smallholder contract farmers Develop best farming practices which will increase the productivity and profitability of local citrus orchards, compliant with international standards and quality specifications. Create training programs for every aspect of conventional and organic citrus farming for both farmers and our agronomists Train our extension team to successfully introduce improved farming practices to our contract farmers Develop monitoring and feedback systems to track the performance of farmers and the extension team, and use these (quantitative) data to benchmark farmers and our staff to improve their performance Develop a (demo) citrus nursery which will provide our contract farmers with healthy fruit tree seedlings, which are productive and free of diseases. ONLY short-listed candidates will be contacted
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