Our client is looking for a Corn Farmer to join the team in Central Highlands, Gia Lai Province area – Vietnam
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- BSc in Agriculture
- Previous experience in growing and drying feed corn
- Must have a keen interest in “regenerative agriculture techniques”
- Somebody who can take ownership, come up with new ideas, and works independently and proactively
- Strong leadership skills and able to motivate team
- Computer literate, strong admin skills, good in problem solving, good interpersonal relationships, must be a good communicator
- Being maintenance/mechanically orientated
- Valid driver’s license
- Valid passport
RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
Corn farming:
- Investigate (and understand) current local corn farming systems
- Propose and test improvements. Proof they work
- Develop a training program, to train 8,000 local corn farmers to
- increase their yield
- lower their cost price
- grow corn in a more sustainable way.
- Get better quality feed corn (well dried, no fungus etc.)
- This includes managing a small team of our own extension staff + also train and inspire government extension staff
- Setting up a R&D and demo farm for corn
- Set up a network of corn demo farms, with carefully selected good local corn farmers, who can be an example to the corn farmers in their region
- Together with the communications team of Fresh Studio, use the power of social media in Vietnam to improve corn farmer production practices
Corn drying:
- Investigate current local corn drying practices of local traders
- Propose and test improvements to get a better-quality dried feed corn
- Train preferred supplier local corn traders.
- Setup one own corn dryer station which will be the benchmark in the whole region of the best managed corn drying station: most efficient, best quality dried corn dryer
