Horticulture Head ( 81829242 )

Reliance Industries Limited


Date: 1 day ago
City: Jamnagar, Gujarat
Contract type: Full time
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

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