Experience | 01/2007 – present | 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) § Developed substantial knowledge of plant protection products, i.e., registration and application against various pests and diseases in multiple crops worldwide § 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 | 01/2005 – 12/2006 | FieldFresh Foods Pvt. Ltd. | Gurgaon, India | | Chief Agronomist and Head – R&D | | § Developing cropping plans 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 minimum residue level (MRL) legislation § Designing greenhouse interiour (5 ha) for crops using high-wire, growbag and drip-fertigation technologies § 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 |
| 11/2004 – 12/2004 | United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) | Dhaka, Bangladesh | | Consultant (Vegetable Variety Improvement Specialist) | | § Recommending vegetable crops tolerant of humid tropical conditions § Developing locally adapted agrotechniques to allow extended season vegetable production § Designing, developing and installing low cost plasticulture/protected cropping structures suitable for small and landless households § Training counterpart staff on-the-job, organizing a training program in summer vegetable/spice production and help producing well illustrated and highly visual training materials focussed on a less literate audience | 11/2001 – 10/2004 | 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 | 12/2000 – 10/2001 | 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 | 09/1997 – 11/2000 | 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 § Developing and policy formulation for farmer’s 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 | 06/1997 – 08/1997 | K + S Group (International Potash Institute) | Kassel, Germany | | Freelance Author | | § Authoring a publication on “Sulfur and Chloride in the Soil-Plant System“ |
06/1996 – 05/1997 | 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 | 09/1992 – 12/1995 | 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 | 05/1992 – 07/1992 | Bavarian State Research Centre for Agriculture (LBP) | Freising, Germany | | Programmer | | § Developing software for the State Seed Testing Unit § Managing databases of seed testing results with the SAS-System | 01/1992 – 04/1992 | Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center (AVRDC) | Tainan, Taiwan | | Research Scholar | | § Studies of traditional (inter-) cropping systems in the tropics and subtropics | 04/1991 – 12/1991 | Bavarian State Research Centre for Agriculture (LBP) | Freising, Germany | | Programmer | | § Developing software for the State Seed Testing Unit § Managing databases of seed testing results with the SAS-System | 01/1990 – 04/1990 | 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 | 11/1989 – 12/1989 | Agricultural Research Station Kade | Kade, Ghana | | Research Scholar | | § Tropical tree crop propagation and cultivation | 05/1989 – 10/1989 | Garden-Center Pflanzen-Kölle | Munich, Germany | | Trainee | | § Intensive production of ornamentals § Advising customers | Education | | Technical University Munich | Freising, Germany | 09/1992 – 04/1997 | Ph.D. (Dr. agr.) | | § Ph.D. thesis: “Technologies for Sustainable Vegetable Production in the Tropical Lowlands”, grade: “very good” | 11/1986 – 07/1992 | M.Sc. (Dipl.-Ing. agr. univ.) | | § M.Sc. thesis: “Intercropping with legumes in the tropics”, overall grade: 2.3 (“good”) § Studies of “Horticultural Sciences” | | Paul-Klee Gymnasium (High School) | Overath, Germany | 08/1976 – 05/1985 | Abitur | | § Overall grade: 2.7 (“good”) | Other Qualifications | | | | Telephone Consultation | | | | Gerson Lehrman Group | New York, USA | 11/2008 10/2008 | § “Wheat Industry in Europe” § “Potash Fertilizer Purchasers” § “Crop Protection/Agriculture Market” | | | | Vista Research, Society of Industry Leaders, Standard & Poor's | London, UK | | 06/2008 | § “Price Sensitivity of Farmers to Potash Fertilizers” | | | Primary Insight, Bear Stearns & Co. | New York, USA |
01/2008 04/2007 02/2007 | § “The Global Sugarcane Industry” § “The Global Fertilizer Industry” § “The Chinese Agricultural Sector” | | | Project Management | 11/2004 2001 – 2004 2000 – 2001 1998 – 2000 1997 – 2000 1997 – 1998 1992 – 1995 | § “Integrated Horticulture & Nutrition Development Project” § “Protected Cultivation in the Humid Tropics” § “Field Operations for Economic Year-round Vegetable Production” § “Improved Management Practices for Culinary Bamboo Shoots” § “Production and Post-harvest Systems for the Chinese Waterchestnut Industry” § “Culinary Bamboo Shoots in Australia” § “Integrated Vegetable Production in Paddy Rice Fields” | | Funding Generation | 2001
2000
1992
| § “Optimized field operations for economic year-round vegetable production” (€25.000 pa)
Council of Agriculture, Taiwan § “Improving and maintaining productivity of bamboo for quality timber and shoots in Australia and the Philippines” (€240.000)
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Australia § “Integrated Vegetable Production in Paddy Rice Fields” (€80.000)
German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany | | Publications | | § 47 papers in international peer-reviewed journals, magazines, book chapters, books and other publications | | Referee for International Journals | | § Biological Agriculture and Horticulture § Horticultural Science § International Agricultural Engineering Journal § Journal of Soil and Water Conservation § Agricultural and Forest Meteorology | | Membership | |
The Development Executive Group | New York, USA | Since 2008 | § Professional Member | Language and IT-Skills | | § English, German: fluently written and spoken § French, Spanish: school knowledge § Chinese, Thai, Hindi: basic knowledge | | § Data analysis/statistics, databases (SAS-System, SigmaPlot, DataFit, MS Access) § Programming (SAS-System) § Office applications (MS Office, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, OmniPage) § Webdesign and HTML (Adobe Dreamweaver, MS FrontPage) § Scientific software (EnviroSCAN, Delta-T SCAN, Polhemus Fastrak) |
List of 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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