About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced and skilled professional to lead our Agro R&D team in India. The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. in Agriculture (Preferred Plant Breeding, Agronomy, Plant Pathology).

Main Responsibilities

• Develop protocols for maintaining germplasm of existing and new clones, follow up agronomy of AHT production, and storage of minitubers produced, pathological testing lab to produce disease/virus-free clean mini tubers.
• Drive farm mechanization agenda by bringing in new technologies, develop farmers-friendly farm equipment like planter, harvester, soil movers for proper earthing-up operations to increase the yield, improve the quality of potato by reducing defect level and bring down the cost of cultivation.
• Identify new geographies for Potato Seed & Chipgarde production in the country suitable for potato production during offseason and conduct demonstration to prove success.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of experience in leading Agro R&D program combined with varietal evaluation and development of proven best practices.
• Good appreciation of R&D/Agro best practices required to identify and develop new varieties meeting our cost and quality.
• Must have led large teams in Agro R&D and good track record of R&D work.