Agro R&D Head - PhD

Education - PhD in Agriculture related subject is Mandatory

- Develop and manage a team of strong professionals for Argo R&D & mini-tuber seed facility.

- Developing 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 TPM culture to ensure effective planning and achievement of production targets from R&D facility (including export requirement) as per Annual Operating Plan and enable PSP (strategic plan) delivery.

- Ensure mini-tuber/ product quality, purity, hygiene and people safety as per FL standards, harmonious industrial relations for uninterrupted operations.

- Expand the facility to increase the production capacity to meet the future / PSP needs.

- Maintain the germplasm bank and the facility as per international standards.

- Analyze production and report progress against a clearly identified plan

- Maintain and understanding of technical developments that may impact on productivity

- Establish key performance indicators on cost and production efficiencies

- Comply all the Statutory requirements

- Creating region and variety wise POPs and conduct trials and demonstration in the fields to prove new varieties with a view to get higher yield.

- Develop training manuals and provide technical support and training to the field staff in providing extension services.

- Drive New Variety Registration under PPV & FRA to protect new varieties imported from USA.

- Conducting long term storage trials to evaluate storage potential of new varieties and identifying best varieties for long storage and ideal storage conditions to meet potato requirement from stored potato during the most critical supply window of PAN India.

- 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 cost of cultivation.

- Identify new geographies for Potato Seed production in the country suitable for potato production during offseason and conduct demonstration to prove success.