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Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)

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P.O. Box 4, Klong Luang

Pathumthani 12120, Thailand

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Experience

Since 2010

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

 

Senior Advisor

 

·         Establishing and promoting rural-development activities in a target area of 73,000 ha with a population of 88,000 in Kampong Chhnang province

·         Developing dry-season rice cultivation on 7,000 ha and improving vegetable production on 2,700 ha

·         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

·         Project management within the “Tonle Sap Lowlands Rural Development Project” financed (US$ 20m) by the Asian Development Bank (ADB)

2009 – 2010

Jenaan Investment Company L.L.C.

Cairo, Egypt

 

Manager Agriculture Division

 

·         Managing agriculture operations for large-scale field crops including Alfalfa, barley and millet

·         Developing and executing annual production plans and budgets

·         Forecasting and planning agricultural equipment and labor requirements

·         Optimizing irrigation and fertilization using scientific approaches of soil-moisture monitoring and product laboratory analyses

·         Sourcing agricultural equipment from overseas and locally

·         Expanding cultivation area from 1460 ha to 5685 ha

·         Planning of 50-ha trial farming of ‘aerobic’ rice in Ethiopia

2007 – 2009

Herbert van der Hamm Fruit Trading Company Pvt. Ltd.

Mannheim, Germany

 

Director Quality Management

 

·         Quality assurance of imported and domestically produced fruits and vegetables

·         Developing strategies for sourcing fresh and safe fruits and vegetables year-round

·         Auditing conventional and organic farms and farmers’ groups overseas and domestically

·         Extension services during the cultivation period of key products incl. tablegrapes (ca. 300 smallholder producers in Greece, and 100 in India)

·         Substantially reducing pesticide residues, e.g., by 90% in table grapes, and thereby ensuring legal maximum residue levels (MRLs) and customer specifications

·         Monitoring and assuring legal and B2B pre- and post farmgate standards incl. GLOBALGAP, QS, BRC, and IFS

·         Client relationship with key customers incl. ALDI

2005 – 2006

FieldFresh Foods Pvt. Ltd.

Gurgaon, India

 

Chief Agronomist and Head – R&D

 

·         Developing cropping plans for up to 2688 ha based on the company’s business plan

·         Implementing cropping plans by issuing crop and region-specific agronomic “packages of practices” for contract farms and company-owned R&D farm

·         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

·         Production regions: Punjab (1108 ha), Rajasthan (790 ha), Uttaranchal (539 ha), Haryana (170 ha) and Uttar Pradesh (81 ha)

·         Agro-techniques: field, field drip-fertigation, nethouse and greenhouse

·         Implementing and monitoring GLOBALGAP and Tesco “Nature’s Choice” farm certification standards with emphasis on overseas pesticide maximum residue level (MRL) legislation

·         Designing greenhouse interior (5 ha) for crops using high-wire, growbag and drip-fertigation technologies ($500,000)

·         Study tour of Kenya Horticultural Exporters (KHE) in Nanyuki, Kenya

·         Supervising R&D trials on crop-cultivar selection and locally adapted agro-techniques at R&D farm and multi-location contract farming sites

·         Evaluating new production locations and recommending appropriate crops per climatic conditions

 

2001 – 2004

Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)

Bangkok, Thailand

 

Project Consultant

 

 

·         Managing and coordinating an interdisciplinary €2m international research project

·         Establishing a pilot 0.3-ha greenhouse vegetable farm in the humid tropics of Thailand

·         Introducing and managing daily operations at the research farm

·         Supervising and training 20 local staff and overseas M.Sc. and Ph.D. students

·         Developing and improving crop and pest management practices for tomatoes as a model crop under protected cultivation

·         Quantification of yield and biomass production as dependent on environmental conditions

·         Developing a growth-simulation model to identify optimum crop and pest management strategies

2000 – 2001

Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center (AVRDC)

Tainan, Taiwan

 

Associate Scientist for Crop and Soil Management

 

 

·         Managing the “Crop and Soil Management” department with 18 staff

·         Managing the Manila, Hanoi, Ho-Chi-Minh City, Vientiane and Phnom Penh peri-urban vegetable production projects

·         Developing and improving crop management practices and year-round cropping sequences with emphasis on hot, wet season technologies in the tropics and subtropics

·         Managing soil fertility and plant nutrition for principal vegetable crops

·         Teaching, developing training materials and conducting training in Taiwan and the region

·         Developing computer-based decision-making tools for research and extension

1997 – 2000

Central Queensland University (CQU)

Rockhampton, Australia

 

Research Officer

 

 

·         Establishing and developing new primary industries (bamboo and Chinese waterchestnut)

·         Developing sustainable crop and soil management technologies on- and off-farm

·         Developing postharvest handling, sterilization, packaging and storage techniques

·         Developing wastewater disposal systems with plants

·         Development of 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)

·         Developing and policy formulation for farmers’ associations (Australian Commercial Bamboo Corporation Ltd, Bamboo Society of Australia, Australian Aquatic Vegetable Corporation)

·         Publishing a book chapter on “Aspects of Bamboo Agronomy” in Advances in Agronomy, the world’s leading publication in agriculture

·         Networking with policy makers, extension officers, farmers and consumers, teaching and training at University

1997 – 1997

K + S Group (International Potash Institute)

Kassel, Germany

 

Freelance Author

 

 

·         Authoring a publication on “Sulfur and Chloride in the Soil-Plant System“

 

1996 – 1997

Bavarian State Research Centre for Agriculture (LBP)

Freising, Germany

 

Programmer

 

 

·         Developing software for the State Seed Testing Unit and the State Seed Legalization Unit

·         Managing databases of approx. 12,000 seed-testing results p.a. with the SAS-System

1992 – 1995

Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center (AVRDC)

Tainan, Taiwan

 

Research Scholar

 

 

·         Developing crop and soil management technologies for sustainable vegetable and rice production systems in the tropics and subtropics in Southeast Asia

·         Participating at training workshops and international conferences, collaborating with research institutes and farms in Taiwan, Bangladesh, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines and Indonesia

·         Studies of traditional (inter-) cropping systems in the tropics and subtropics

1990

University of Ghana

Accra, Ghana

 

Research Scholar

 

 

·         Screening local and imported tomato varieties for high-temperature tolerance

·         Studying agronomic characteristics of indigenous vegetables

·         Study tour of the Weija Irrigated Vegetable Project

1989

Agricultural Research Station Kade

Kade, Ghana

 

Research Scholar

 

 

·         Tropical tree crop propagation and cultivation

1989

Garden-Center Pflanzen-Kölle

Munich, Germany

 

Trainee

 

 

·         Intensive production of ornamentals

·         Advising customers

Education

 

Technical University Munich

Freising, Germany

1992 – 1997

Ph.D. (Dr.  agr.) – Agricultural Sciences

 

·         Ph.D. thesis: “Technologies for Sustainable Vegetable Production in the Tropical Lowlands”, grade: “very good”

1986 – 1992

M.Sc. (Dipl.-Ing. agr. univ.) – Horticultural Sciences

 

·         M.Sc. thesis: “Intercropping with legumes in the tropics”, overall grade: 2.3 (“good”)

·         Studies of “Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences”

 

Paul-Klee Gymnasium (High School)

Overath, Germany

1976 – 1985

Abitur

 

·         Overall grade: 2.7 (“good”)

Consultation

 

Gerson Lehrman Group

New York, USA

2010

·         “Trade of Citrus Fruits and Grapes Globally”

2010

·         “African Agriculture”

2008

·         “Wheat Industry in Europe”

2008

·         “Potash Fertilizer Purchasers”

2008

·         “Crop Protection/Agriculture Market”

 

GuidepointGlobal

London, UK

2009

·         “Irrigation Market Outlook”

2008

·          “Price Sensitivity of Farmers to Potash Fertilizers”

 

Primary Insight, Bear Stearns & Co.

New York, USA

2008

·         “The Global Sugarcane Industry”

2007

·         “The Global Fertilizer Industry”

2007

·         “The Chinese Agricultural Sector”

 

Project Management

Since 2010

·         “Tonle Sap Lowlands Rural Development Project”

2001 – 2004

·         “Protected Cultivation in the Humid Tropics”

2000 – 2001

·         “Field Operations for Economic Year-round Vegetable Production”

1998 – 2000

·         “Improved Management Practices for Culinary Bamboo Shoots”

1997 – 2000

·         “Production and Post-harvest Systems for the Chinese Waterchestnut Industry”

1997 – 1998

·         “Culinary Bamboo Shoots in Australia”

1992 – 1995

·         “Integrated Vegetable Production in Paddy Rice Fields”

Funding Generation

2001

·         “Optimized field operations for economic year-round vegetable production” (€25.000 p.a.)
Council of Agriculture, Taiwan

2000

·         “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

1992

·         “Integrated Vegetable Production in Paddy Rice Fields” (€80.000)
German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany

Publications

 

·         47 contributions to international peer-reviewed journals, magazines, book chapters, books and other publications

Referee for International Journals

 

·         African Journal of Agricultural Research

 

·         Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

 

·         Biological Agriculture and Horticulture

 

·         Horticultural Science

 

·         International Agricultural Engineering Journal

 

·         Journal of Agricultural Biotechnology and Sustainable Development

 

·         Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics

 

·         Journal of Soil and Water Conversation

 

·         Scientia Horticulturae

Membership

 

·         Gerson Lehrman Group

New York, USA

 

·         GuidepointGlobal

London, UK

 

·         PrimaryInsight

New York, USA

 

·         The Development Executive Group

Washington, USA

Language and IT-Skills

 

·         English, German: fluently written and spoken

 

·         French, Spanish: school knowledge

 

·         Data analysis/statistics, databases (SAS-System, SigmaPlot, DataFit, MySQL)

 

·         Programming (SAS-System)

 

·         Office applications (MS Office, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop)

 

·         English, German: fluently written and spoken

 

Publications

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.

Kleinhenz, V., Stützel, H., 2004: Biomass development of tomatoes under protected cultivation in the humid tropics.  In: Abstracts. 41st Horticulture Conference. ‘Food quality and –security. Challenge and Chance for European Horticulture’, Vienna, 25-28 February, 2004. German Society of Horticultural Science, Hannover, Germany, 136.

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.

Kleinhenz, V., Midmore, D. J., 2002: Improved management practices for culinary bamboo shoots - local and export markets. Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, Barton, Australia. ISBN 0-642-58434-6.

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.

Thomson, G., Winkler, S., Morgan, W., Midmore, D.J., Kleinhenz, V., Lodge, G., Tomkins, B., 2001: Australian studies on storage and packaging of Asian leafy vegetables, Chinese waterchestnut and Kabocha pumpkin. In: T. O’Hare, J. Bagshaw, L. Wu, G. I. Johnson (Eds): Postharvest Handling of Fresh Vegetables. Proceedings of a workshop held in Beijing, PRC. pp. 61-71.

Midmore, D .J., Kleinhenz, V., 2001: Improved management practices for culinary bamboo shoots - local and export markets. Access to Asian Foods, 9, 2-3.

Kleinhenz, V., Lodge, G., Midmore, D. J., 2000: A Grower’s Guide to Cultivating Chinese Water Chestnuts in Australia. Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, Barton, Australia. ISBN 0-642-58165-7.

Kleinhenz, V., Midmore, D. J., Lodge, G., Tomkins, B., 2000: Cold storage to extend shelf-life and improve quality of Chinese waterchestnut. Access to Asian Foods, 7, 6-8.

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.

Kleinhenz, V., Midmore, D.J., 2000: Estimating water usage of bamboo. Access to Asian Vegetables, 28, 1-2.

Midmore, D.J., Kleinhenz, V., 2000: Physiological studies on edible bamboo. Access to Asian Foods, 6, 6-8.

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.

Kele, B., Kleinhenz, V., Midmore, D. J., 1999: A bioengineering solution to domestic waste water disposal. In: R. Considine (Ed.): Environmental Engineering Research Event, 23-26 Nov 1999, Castlemaine, Victoria. Eereot Publishers, Victoria, Australia. ISBN 0-646-38256-X.

Kleinhenz, V., Tomkins, B., Mason, K., Frisina, C., Lodge, G., Midmore, D. J., 1999: Maximising shelf-life of Chinese waterchestnut [Eleocharis dulcis (Burm. F.) Hensch]. 1999 Australasian Postharvest Conference, 4-8 October 1999, Waitangi, New Zealand.

Kleinhenz, V., Midmore, D. J., 1998: Cultivating Chinese waterchestnut without soil. Access to Asian Foods, 5, 5-6.

Kleinhenz, V., 1999: Sulfur and chloride in the soil-plant system. K + S Group, Kassel (International Potash Institute, Basel). pp. 99.

Kleinhenz, V., Schnitzler, W. H., Midmore, D. J., 1999: Soil moisture, soil and crop nitrogen, and yield of vegetables in a seasonally wet-dry tropical lowland. Plant Research and Development, 49, 20-38.

Kleinhenz, V., 1999: Maximising freshness but minimising microbial food safety hazards in fresh bamboo shoots. Australian New Crops Newsletter, 11, 96-97.

Kleinhenz, V., Midmore, D.J., 1998: Improved management practices for culinary bamboo shoots — local and export markets. In: Asian Foods. Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, Barton, Australia, 9, ISBN 0-642-54103-5.

Kleinhenz, V., Midmore, D.J., 1998: Production and postharvest systems for the Chinese waterchestnut industry. In: Asian Foods. Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, Barton, Australia, 8-9, ISBN 0-642-54103-5.

Lodge, G., Tomkins, B., Mason, K., Kleinhenz, V., Midmore. D. J., 1998: Post Harvest Treatments for Chinese Water Chestnuts. In: Book of Abstracts. 4th Australian Horticulture Conference. ‘Managing our future’ for Innovation, Sustainability, Continuity, 14-17 October, 1998. Australian Society of Horticultural Science, Melbourne, Australia, 23.

Lyall, T. W., Kleinhenz, V., Midmore, D. J., 1998: Photoperiodic effects on corm initiation and biomass partitioning in two Chinese waterchestnut [Eleocharis dulcis (Burm. F.) Hensch] origins. In: Book of Abstracts. 4th Australian Horticulture Conference. ‘Managing our future’ for Innovation, Sustainability, Continuity, 14-17 October, 1998. Australian Society of Horticultural Science, Melbourne, Australia, 61.

Kleinhenz, V., Midmore, D. J., 1998: Mineral nutrition of Chinese waterchestnut [Eleocharis dulcis (Burm. F.) Hensch]. In: Book of Abstracts. 4th Australian Horticulture Conference. ‘Managing our future’ for Innovation, Sustainability, Continuity, 14-17 October, 1998. Australian Society of Horticultural Science, Melbourne, Australia, 61.

Elsmore, S. A. M., Lyall, T., Kleinhenz, V., Harrower, K. M., Midmore, D. J., 1998: Crop management, post-harvest and packaging for preserving freshness and reducing pathogens in edible bamboo shoots. In: Book of Abstracts. 4th Australian Horticulture Conference. ‘Managing our future’ for Innovation, Sustainability, Continuity, 14-17 October, 1998. Australian Society of Horticultural Science, Melbourne, Australia, 34.

Li, M., Lyall, T., Kleinhenz, V., Midmore, D. J., 1998: Physiological studies on Chinese Water Chestnut. Access to Asian Foods, 3, 7.

Midmore, D. J., Walsh, K. B., Kleinhenz, V., Milne, J. R., Leonardi, J., Blackburn, K., 1998: Culinary Bamboo Shoots in Australia: Preliminary Research Results. RIRDC Research Paper Series. Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, Barton, Australia, ISBN 0-642-54065-9.

Kleinhenz, V. 1998: Water management and mineral nutrition of bamboo. In: D. J. Midmore (ed.): Bamboo for Shoots and Timber - Proceedings of a Workshop held at Hamilton, Brisbane on October 24-25, 1997. Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, Barton, Australia, ISBN 0-642-54051-4, 42-58.

Midmore, D. J., Kleinhenz, V., Lyall, T., 1998: Current and future perspectives for the Australian bamboo industry – Analyses of a survey questionnaire. In: D. J. Midmore (ed.): Bamboo for Shoots and Timber - Proceedings of a Workshop held at Hamilton, Brisbane on October 24-25, 1997. Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, Barton, Australia, ISBN 0-642-54051-4, 4-10.

Kleinhenz, V., Schnitzler, W. H., Midmore, D. J., 1998: Crop and N management to improve environmentally sound vegetable production in tropical lowlands. Thammasat International Journal of Science and Technology, 3, 8-23.

Kleinhenz, V., 1997: Technologies for sustainable vegetable production in the tropical lowlands. Promotionsarbeit, Herbert Utz Verlag, München, ISBN 3-89675-160-3.

Kleinhenz, V., Schnitzler, W. H., Midmore, D. J., 1997: Consideration of the soil Nmin content in N-fertilization of vegetables in intensive, year-round production in a tropical, rice-based lowland. Gartenbauwissenschaft, 62, 137-144.

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.

Kleinhenz, V., Schnitzler, W. H., Midmore, D. J., 1997: Seasonal effects of soil moisture on soil N availability, crop N status, and yield of vegetables in a tropical, rice-based lowland. Tropenlandwirt, 98, 25-42.

Kleinhenz, V., Schnitzler, W. H., Midmore, D. J., 1996: Permanent-high-bed technology to improve intensive vegetable production in tropical lowlands - Effect on water stress, root distribution, and yield. Horticultural Science, 28, 90-98.

Kleinhenz, V., Schnitzler, W. H., Midmore, D. J., 1996: Managing nitrogen fertilization for year-round vegetable production in paddy rice fields. Gartenbauwissenschaft, 61, 25-32.

Kleinhenz, V., Schnitzler, W. H., Midmore, D. J., 1996: Diversification and transformation of Asian paddy rice fields to upland vegetable production. Entwicklung und Ländlicher Raum, 3, 23-26.

Kleinhenz, V., Schnitzler, W. H., Midmore, D. J., 1996: Diversification and transformation of Asian paddy rice fields to upland vegetable production. Plant Research and Development, 43, 81-94.

Kleinhenz, V., Schnitzler, W. H., Midmore, D. J., 1996: Les systèmes à planches surélevées: un moyen de produire des légumes hors saison en zone tropicale et subtropicale. Agriculture + Développement Rural, 3, 60-62.

Kleinhenz, V., Schnitzler, W. H., Midmore, D. J., 1996: High bed systems for off-season vegetable production in the tropics and subtropics. Agriculture + Rural Development, 3, 60-62.

Kleinhenz, V., 1996: Integrated cropping systems for year-round intensive vegetable production in the lowland tropics. In: AVRDC 1996: AVRDC Progress Report for 1995. Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center, Tainan, 107-108.

Kleinhenz, V., Schnitzler, W. H., Midmore, D. J., 1995: High bed systems for off-season vegetable production in the tropics and subtropics. Entwicklung und Ländlicher Raum, 4, 26-28.

Kleinhenz, V., 1995: Managing nitrogen fertilization to maximize resource-efficient productivity in a continuous year-round vegetable cropping sequence. In: AVRDC 1995: AVRDC Progress Report for 1994. Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center, Tainan, 283-291.

Kleinhenz, V., 1992: Intercropping with legumes in the tropics. Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center, Tainan.

Midmore, D. J., Yang, S., Kleinhenz, V., Green, S., Tsay, J., 1995: Intercropping chili peppers with maize. In: Proceedings of Chili Pepper Production in the Tropics, 13-14 October 1992, Kuala Lumpur. Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI), Kuala Lumpur, 37-51.

Kleinhenz, V., 1992: Leguminosen im Mischkulturanbau unter tropischen Anbauverhältnissen. Diplomarbeit. Technische Universität München-Weihenstephan, Freising.

Kleinhenz, V., 1991: Monografie über einige tropische Gemüsearten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Blattnutzung. Technische Universität München-Weihenstephan, Freising.

 

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