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Experience
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Since
2010
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Deutsche
Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
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Phnom Penh,
Cambodia
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Senior
Advisor
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Establishing and promoting rural-development activities in a
target area of 73,000 ha with a population of 88,000 in Kampong Chhnang
province
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Developing rice cultivation on 7,000 ha and improving vegetable
production on 2,700 ha
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Developing and facilitating a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA)
between the Ministry
of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), the Provincial
Department of Agriculture (PDA) Kampong Chhnang, East-West Seed International
and GIZ
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Project management within the “Tonle Sap Lowlands Rural Development Project”
financed (US$ 20m) by the Asian Development Bank (ADB)
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2009
– 2010
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Jenaan
Investment L.L.C.
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Cairo, Egypt
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Manager
Agriculture Division
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Managing the Agriculture Division with 75 staff
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Managing agriculture operations incl. pivot irrigation and
fertilization for large-scale field crops including Alfalfa, barley and
millet in Egypt’s Sahara
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Expanding cultivation area from 1,460 ha to 5,685 ha
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Scheduling, acquiring and applying fertilizers worth US$2.7m p.a.
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Developing and implementing production plans and financial
budgets
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Forecasting and planning requirements for agricultural
equipment, inputs including irrigation water, fertilizer, seed, fuel and
labor
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Planning of 50-ha trial farming of “aerobic” rice in Ethiopia
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2007
– 2009
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Herbert van der Hamm Fruit Trading Company Pvt. Ltd.
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Mannheim, Germany
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Director
Quality Management
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Quality assurance of imported and domestically produced fresh
fruits and vegetables
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Developing a supplier management program for conventional and
organic produce
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Monitoring and assuring legal and B2B pre- and post farmgate
standards incl. GLOBALGAP, QS, BRC,
and IFS
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Maintaining customer relationship with key retailer ALDI
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Focus on year-round supply of tablegrapes from Brazil,
Argentine, Chile, India, Egypt, Spain, Italy and Greece
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Substantially reducing pesticide residues, e.g., by 90% in
tablegrapes, and thereby ensuring legal maximum residue levels (MRLs) and
customer specifications
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2005
– 2006
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FieldFresh Foods Pvt. Ltd.
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Gurgaon, India
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Chief
Agronomist and Head – R&D
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Developing production plans and financial budgets for up to 2,688
ha based on the company’s business plan
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Implementing cropping plans by issuing crop and region-specific
agronomic “packages of practices” for contract farms and company-owned
R&D farm in the states of Punjab and Rajasthan
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Crops for domestic and overseas markets (Middle East and U.K.):
aubergine, bittergourd, bottlegourd, broccoli, cabbage, cantaloupe,
cauliflower, capsicum, carrot, chili, sweet and baby corn, okra, onion, round
melon, snapbean, snowpea, spongegourd, sugarsnaps, tomato, watermelon and
zucchini
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Layout and implementation of open-field drip
irrigation/fertigation (90 ha), nethouses (10 ha), and climatized greenhouses
(soilless cultivation with highwire, 5 ha, 500.000 $)
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Implementing and monitoring GLOBALGAP and Tesco “Nature’s Choice” farm certification
standards with emphasis on overseas pesticide maximum residue level (MRL)
legislation
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2001
– 2004
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Asian
Institute of Technology (AIT)
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Klong Luang, Thailand
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Project
Consultant
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Managing and coordinating an interdisciplinary €2m
international research project
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Establishing a pilot 0.3-ha greenhouse vegetable farm in the
humid tropics of Thailand
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Introducing and managing daily operations at the research farm
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Supervising and training 20 local staff and overseas M.Sc. and
Ph.D. students
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Developing and improving crop and pest management practices for
tomatoes under protected cultivation
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2000
– 2001
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Asian
Vegetable Research and Development Center (AVRDC)
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Tainan, Taiwan
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Associate
Scientist for Crop and Soil Management
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Managing the “Crop and Soil Management” department with 18
staff
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Managing the Manila, Hanoi, Ho-Chi-Minh City, Vientiane and
Phnom Penh peri-urban vegetable production projects
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Developing and improving crop management practices and
year-round cropping sequences with emphasis on hot, wet season technologies
in the tropics and subtropics
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1997
– 2000
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Central
Queensland University (CQU)
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Rockhampton, Australia
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Research
Officer
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Establishing and developing new primary industries (bamboo and
Chinese waterchestnut)
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Developing crop and soil management technologies
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Developing postharvest handling, sterilization, packaging and
storage techniques
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Developing wastewater disposal systems with plants
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Developing a 6-year (2001-2007) agricultural project ("Improving
and maintaining productivity of bamboo for quality timber and shoots in
Australia and the Philippines") in the Philippines and Australia
funded (380,000 €) by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural
Research (ACIAR)
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Developing and policy formulation for farmers’ associations (Australian
Commercial Bamboo Corporation Ltd, Bamboo Society of Australia, Australian
Aquatic Vegetable Corporation)
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Publishing a book chapter on “Aspects of Bamboo Agronomy” in Advances in Agronomy, the world’s leading
publication in agriculture
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1997
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K+S Group / International
Potash Institute
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Kassel, Germany
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Freelance
Author
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Authoring a publication on “Sulfur and Chloride in the
Soil-Plant System“
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1996
– 1997
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Bavarian State Research Centre for Agriculture (LBP)
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Freising, Germany
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1991
– 1992
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Programmer
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Developing software for the State Seed Testing Unit and the
State Seed Legalization Unit
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Managing databases of approx. 12,000 seed-testing results p.a.
with the SAS-System
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1992
– 1995
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Asian
Vegetable Research and Development Center (AVRDC)
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Tainan, Taiwan
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Research
Scholar
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Developing crop and soil management technologies for
sustainable vegetable and rice production systems in the tropics and
subtropics in Southeast Asia
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Studies of traditional (inter-) cropping systems in the tropics
and subtropics
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1990
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University
of Ghana (UG)
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Accra, Ghana
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Research
Scholar
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Screening local and imported tomato varieties for high-temperature
tolerance
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Studying agronomic characteristics of indigenous vegetables
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1989
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Agricultural
Research Station Kade
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Kade, Ghana
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Research
Scholar
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Tropical tree crop propagation and cultivation
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1989
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Garden-Center
Pflanzen-Kölle
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Munich, Germany
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Trainee
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Intensive production of ornamentals
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Education
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Technical University
Munich (TUM)
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Weihenstephan, Germany
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1992
– 1997
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Ph.D.
(Dr. agr.)
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Ph.D. thesis: “Technologies for Sustainable Vegetable
Production in the Tropical Lowlands”, grade: “very good”
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1986
– 1992
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M.Sc.
(Dipl.-Ing. agr. univ.)
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M.Sc. thesis: “Intercropping with legumes in the tropics”, overall
grade: 2.3 (“good”)
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Studies of “Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences”
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Paul-Klee Gymnasium (High School)
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Overath, Germany
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1976
– 1985
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Abitur
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Overall grade: 2.7 (“good”)
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Consultation
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Gerson Lehrman Group
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New York, USA
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2012
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“Global Rice Industry”
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2012
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“Agricultural Value Chain”
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2011
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“Supplier Quality Management”
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2010
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“Trade of Citrus Fruits and Grapes Globally”
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2010
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“African Agriculture”
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2008
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“Wheat Industry in Europe”
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2008
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“Potash Fertilizer Purchasers”
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2008
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“Crop Protection/Agriculture Market”
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GuidepointGlobal
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London, UK
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2009
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“Irrigation Market Outlook”
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2008
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“Price Sensitivity of Farmers to Potash Fertilizers”
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PrimaryInsight
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New York, USA
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2008
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“The Global Sugarcane Industry”
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2007
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“The Global Fertilizer Industry”
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2007
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“The Chinese Agricultural Sector”
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Project Management
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Since
2011
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“Tonle Sap Lowlands Rural Development Project”
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2001 –
2004
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“Protected Cultivation in the Humid Tropics”
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2000 –
2001
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“Field Operations for Economic Year-round Vegetable Production”
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1998 –
2000
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“Improved Management Practices for Culinary Bamboo Shoots”
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1997 –
2000
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“Production and Post-harvest Systems for the Chinese
Waterchestnut Industry”
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1997 –
1998
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“Culinary Bamboo Shoots in Australia”
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1992 –
1995
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“Integrated Vegetable Production in Paddy Rice Fields”
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Funding Generation
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2001
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“Optimized field operations for economic year-round vegetable
production” (€25.000 p.a.)
Council of Agriculture, Taiwan
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2000
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“Improving and maintaining productivity of bamboo for quality timber
and shoots in Australia and the Philippines” (€380.000)
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research,
Australia
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1992
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“Integrated Vegetable Production in Paddy Rice Fields”
(€80.000)
German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and
Development, Germany
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Publications
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47
contributions to international peer-reviewed journals, magazines,
book chapters, books and other publications incl.:
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Kleinhenz, V., Midmore,
D. J., 2001: Aspects of Bamboo Agronomy. In: D. L. Sparks (Ed.): Advances in Agronomy,
Vol. 74, 99-153. Academic Press, New York, USA.
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Kleinhenz, V., Elsmore,
S., Harrower, K., Lyall, T., Gosbee, M., Blackburn, K., Midmore, D. J., 2000:
Storage methods for extending shelf life of fresh, edible
bamboo shoots [Bambusa oldhamii (Munro)]. Postharvest
Biology and Technology, 19, 253-264.
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Kleinhenz, V.,
Schnitzler, W. H., Midmore, D. J., 1997: Effects of legume live mulch on crop performance, soil
available nitrogen, and crop-N status in intensive tropical vegetable
production. Biological Agriculture and Horticulture, 14,
261-278.
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Kleinhenz, V.,
Katroschan, K., Schütt, F., Stützel, H., 2006: Biomass accumulation and partitioning of tomato under
protected cultivation in the humid tropics. European Journal of
Horticultural Science, 71, 173-182.
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Kleinhenz, V., Milne,
J., Walsh, K. B., Midmore, D.J., 2003: A case study on the effects of irrigation and
fertilization on soil water and soil nutrient status, and on growth and yield
of bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens) shoots. Journal of
Bamboo and Rattan, 2, 281-294.
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Li, M., Kleinhenz, V.,
Lyall, T., Midmore, D. J., 2000: Response of Chinese waterchestnut (Eleocharis dulcis
(Burm. F.) Hensch) to photoperiod. Journal of Horticultural
Sciences & Biotechnology, 75, 72-78.
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Referee for International Journals
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African Journal of Agricultural Research
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Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
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Biological Agriculture and Horticulture
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Horticultural Science
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International Agricultural Engineering Journal
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Journal of Agricultural Biotechnology and Sustainable
Development
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Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the
Tropics and Subtropics
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Journal of Soil and Water Conversation
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Scientia Horticulturae
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Membership
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Gerson Lehrman
Group
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New York, USA
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GuidepointGlobal
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London, UK
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PrimaryInsight
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New York, USA
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The
Development Executive Group
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Washington, USA
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Language and IT-Skills
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English, German: fluently written and spoken
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French, Spanish: school knowledge
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Data analysis/statistics, databases (SAS-System,
SigmaPlot,
DataFit,
MySQL)
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Programming (SAS-System)
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Office applications (MS Office, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop)
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