Horticulture Head ( 81829242 )

Job Responsibilities :

Overall in-charge of Horticulture activities at JMD.

To set and achieve planned business plan quality and production targets most economically, complying with all the statutory and safety regulations / procedures.

Providing leadership, direction, motivation and guidance to his team of personnel to achieve efficient results

Education Requirement :

Must have B.Sc/M.Sc./Ph. D in Horticulture with 20-25 years of experience

Experience Requirement : Horticulture with 20-25 years of experience Skills & Competencies :

• Skills
• Fundamentals of horticulture.
• Basis of plant growth & development
• Soil- plant relationship
• Water & nutrient requirements of hort. crops
• Principles of weed management
• Training & pruning techniques of hort. crops
• Planting densities, high density/ultra high density planting systems
• Orchard and garden management systems
• Maturity indices for different crops
• Post harvest handling methods.
• Use of plant growth regulators in Horticulture
• New cultivars of various crop species
• Major diseases & pests and their control
• Role of climate & weather in horticulture management
• Irrigation systems
• latest propagation techniques
  
  
  

Job Accountabilities

• To provide technical guidance and monitor all the horticultural operational activities
• Refine and revise technology manuals on cultivation practices for plantation and maintenance of plantations
• Demonstrate & train the Managers in important field operations
• To prepare the revenue and capital budgets to seek approvals for the budgets/proposals
• To arrange for procurement of various inputs/machinery/tools etc
• To arrange for maintenance of plantations & machinery/equipment#s/buildings/facilities through the contractors
• To arrange for the security of the land/ plantations/ machinery/buildings etc in the possession of the department
• Monitoring the water requirements of all the plantations as per the age of plantations, season and physiological stage of plants
• To arrange for the disposal of the farm produce
• To monitor maintaining the accounts of the department. And comply with audit of the accounts
• To develop norms regarding costs/water/labour required for various activities for future use
• Monitor the soil and plant health especially regarding the soil salinity and pH and their effects on the plant growth and production
• Continuous pest surveillance and suggest remedial measures for any disease / pest incidence occurring on all the plantations
• Investigate any new incidence of disease or pest occurring with the help of outside experts in the field
• Work out the protocol for conversion of 120 acres of mango plantations into Homa Organic Farming system on a trial basis and evaluate it with conventional production system
• Facilitate conversion of entire existing horticulture plantations into Homa Organic Farming in phased manner
• Plan and implement massive Jumbo Kesar mango nursery of two lakh grafts for captive plantation and for sale
• Facilitate conversion of conventional Kesar mango trees into Reliance Jumbo Kesar variety by top working in 3-5 years
• Get IPR for Reliance Jumbo Kesar by complying requirements
• Identify bottlenecks in existing production and get them debottlenecked through R & D
• Provide technical inputs in preparing & maintaining new plantations at JMD for areas under organic system of production
• Provide technical advice to sister companies in their horticulture business
• To prepare and submit MIS reports
• Prepare performance appraisals and training needs of all the persons working in Horticulture department