Farm Manager

Responsibilities:

• Direct and coordinate worker activities, such as planting, irrigation, chemical application, harvesting, grading, and restoration.
• Determine how to raise crops by evaluating factors such as disease, soil conditions, and the availability of federal programs
• Coordinate growing activities with those of engineering, equipment maintenance, and other related team

Requirements:

• Minimum academic qualification of a Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture or related field such as agricultural engineering, crop management, farm business management, horticulture, land/estate management.
• Minimum of 4 years’ experience in Farming-related field
• A knowledge of food production and an awareness of customer demand, food standards and sustainability
• Sound understanding of cassava production, processing and  the entire cassava value chain
• Genuine commitment to farming
• Good technical knowledge
• A good understanding of modern farming methods
• An understanding of the ways in which farming impacts the environment.
• Organizational and time-management skills
• The ability to work under pressure
• Supervisory skills and management ability
• Numerical aptitude
• Willingness to be outside in all weathers and patience to undertake all sorts of practical, sometimes repetitive job
• Self-motivation, with the ability to motivate others
• Larger-scale business awareness
• Negotiation skills.