MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Bachelors 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.

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