Horticulture Head

Job Description

. Overall in-charge of Horticultureactivities at JMD. To set and achieve planned business planquality and production targets most economically, complying with all thestatutory and safety regulations / procedures. Providing leadership,direction, motivation and guidance to his team of personnel to achieveefficient results Education Requirement : Must have B.Sc/M.Sc./Ph. D inHorticulture with 20-25 years of experience Experience Requirement : Horticulture with 20-25 years of experience Skills & Competencies : Skills Fundamentalsof horticulture. Basisof plant growth & development Soil-plant relationship Water& nutrient requirements of hort. crops Principlesof weed management Training& pruning techniques of hort. crops Plantingdensities, high density/ultra high density planting systems Orchardand garden management systems Maturityindices for different crops Postharvest handling methods. Useof plant growth regulators in Horticulture Newcultivars of various crop species Majordiseases & pests and their control Roleof climate & weather in horticulture management Irrigationsystems latestpropagation techniques Job Accountabilities Toprovide technical guidance and monitor all the horticultural operational activities Refineand revise technology manuals on cultivation practices for plantation andmaintenance of plantations Demonstrate& train the Managers in important field operations Toprepare the revenue and capital budgets to seek approvals for thebudgets/proposals Toarrange for procurement of various inputs/machinery/tools etc Toarrange for maintenance of plantations &machinery / equipment#s / buildings / facilities through the contractors Toarrange for the security of the land/ plantations/ machinery/buildings etc inthe possession of the department Monitoringthe water requirements of all the plantations as per the age of plantations,season and physiological stage of plants Toarrange for the disposal of the farm produce Tomonitor maintaining the accounts of the department. And comply with audit ofthe accounts Todevelop norms regarding costs/water/labour required for various activities forfuture use Monitorthe soil and plant health especially regarding the soil salinity and pH andtheir effects on the plant growth and production Continuouspest surveillance and suggest remedial measures for any disease / pestincidence occurring on all the plantations Investigateany new incidence of disease or pest occurring with the help of outside experts in the field Workout the protocol for conversion of 120 acres of mango plantations into HomaOrganic Farming system on a trial basis and evaluate it with conventionalproduction system Facilitateconversion of entire existing horticulture plantations into Homa OrganicFarming in phased manner Plan and implementmassive Jumbo Kesar mango nursery of two lakh grafts for captive plantation andfor sale Facilitateconversion of conventional Kesar mango trees into Reliance Jumbo Kesar varietyby top working in 3-5 years GetIPR for Reliance Jumbo Kesar by complying requirements Identifybottlenecks in existing production and get them debottlenecked through R &D Providetechnical inputs in preparing & maintaining new plantations at JMD for areas under organicsystem of production Providetechnical advice to sister companies in their horticulture business Toprepare and