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The leading agriculture consulting and R&D firm of Southeast Asia is looking for a Corn Production Specialist to further strengthen our Vietnam team of agriculture consultants supporting farmers in improving their agriculture practices.
Job Responsibility:
Provide knowledge and agricultural technologies to corn farmers to enhance the performance of their corn production
Implement Research and Development (R&D) activities, such as trials, data collection and training of farmers related to the production and post-harvest handling of corn intended for animal feed production
Data collection form farmers and other parties involved in a corn supply chain
Setup and monitor trials related to corn production and drying of corn
Provide technical support to corn farmers and farmer groups
Develop and provide training to corn farmers and farmer groups
Arrange field days to share new knowledge and technologies to local corn farmers and other interested persons
Support any other assigned activities
Mapping of current corn supply chain
Analyse the characteristics and financial performance of all actors active in the corn supply chain from input supply till the delivery of corn at an animal feed mill
Identification of bottlenecks or opportunities to enhance the current corn supply chain and create a value chain
Cost benefit analysis and financial analysis of investments to enhance corn production and post-harvest management (drying)
Requirements:
Graduated in Horticulture or Agriculture production technologies / economics (BSc)
At least 5-year experience related to corn production and or post-harvest management of corn
Excellent in both verbal and written Vietnamese
Good English communication in verbal and writing communication
Good communication skills (with local farmers)
A strong passion to learn and develop new agriculture technologies and knowledge and make them available for farmers
Basic word, Excel, PowerPoint skills
Ability to work on your own as well as part of a team
Trustworthy
Nice to have:
MSc level is an advantage
Experience in providing extension services to farmers, such as training of famers and or experience in financial analyse of agricultural production systems is an advantage.