Agronomist (potatoes)

We are looking for an Agronomist with experience in potatoes, to strengthen and implement EGG Microtuber solutions for our clients in the seed potato industry. In this role, you will engage, learn and lead each local EGG Microtuber cultivation practice in the EU and ‘Greater Europe’ target countries and bring EGG global cultivation protocols to the next level.

To be a successful Agronomist for EGG Microtuber solutions, you should be equipped with practical knowledge and international experience in seed potato cultivation, preferably in the area of variety introduction and Plant Breeders Rights, as well as being openminded toward new cultivation methods and technologies.
You should be self-motivated, detail-oriented, and analytical with excellent listening, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities:
• Understanding local cultivation practices from partners with focus on Europe (including some assistance in surrounding focus regions)
• Understanding and localizing the current EGG MCT cultivation protocols through research mindset
• Pro-active input in the process to develop better planting, cultivation, and harvesting techniques, improving crop yield, and solving problems for partners
• Assist in researching and promoting agricultural strategies to counter the effects of changes in soil, climate, weather, and pest damage.
• Keeping detailed records regarding fields, customers, crops, and samples.
• Generating reports and presenting findings to management, partners and stakeholders.

Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree or above in agronomy, agriculture, or a related field.
• Minimum 3 years hands-on field experience in seed potato industry
• Heavy domestic/international traveling required.
• Open-mind towards learning something new
• Good collaboration with people from different cultures
• Ability to work outside, stand, walk, kneel, and stoop for extended periods
• Proficiency with computers, especially MS Office and diagnostic scientific software.
• Exceptional active listening and verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong research, decision making, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills

E Green Europe (EGE) is a subsidiary of South-Korean E Green Global (EGG) that has developed a technology to produce virus-free and vigorous microtuber seed potatoes through mass production in bio-secured plant factories.
Microtubers are not new to the potato industry, but existing technologies so far have always had issues with microtuber quality, poor germination, low storability and physiological instability. EGG has worked for more than 15 years in R&D to develop a technology that overcomes these issues so that EGG Microtubers can be used for seed potato production on a practical, commercially viable scale.
EGG Microtubers are harvested every day, throughout the entire year. So, no seasons, no weather, no diseases, no soil, no crop protection, making all EGG Microtubers consistently healthy, all of similar size and physiological age and all so vigorous they can be machine planted directly in the open field.
EGG has recently opened EGE, which is a pilot lab to produce EGG Microtubers in the Netherlands. EGE is part of EGG’s market development strategy and enables EGG to demonstrate its Microtuber solutions with launching customers in the EU and specific target countries that are aiming at ‘local for local’ seed potato production.
We envision to contribute the high quality seed potato globally and bringing the potato industry to the next level. We need you to make it happen together.

EGG Microtubers receive PotatoEurope’s Golden Innovation Award

2021 Potato Europe Innovation Awards nominees - EGG PR Digital Pitch

E Green Europe B.V. has outsourced the recruitment and selection for this position exclusively to Doornbos Werving & Selectie B.V., specialist in recruitment for agribusiness and potato industry. For more information you can contact Klaas Doornbos at +31 622235421. You can apply via email at info@doornboswerving.nl or the link www.doornboswerving.nl