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Cape Peninsula University of TechnologyLecturer
Jan. 2014Wellington, Western CapeLecturer: Agricultural Economics & Management/Marketing Faculty Applied Science
Overberg AgriAgricultural Economist
Aug. 2008 - Dec. 2013• Responsible for the planning, management and operational aspects of the Burodiens section, including: o Management of annual budget, annual plan of operations, staff and all related aspects of the section / department. o Position of section / department within Company Strategic Vision / Mission and Objectives, to ensure direct continual growth of value-adding to Company o As head of section / department, interface with Company Board of Directors and all relevant Company structures to ensure efficient and effective operations of section / department • Responsible for the implementation of several key projects that support and strengthen MKB in the Agricultural Business Sector, and specific with Government departments, including: o Support emerging farmers with training re financial management and record keeping o Interface between Government (Elsenburg) and Emerging Farmers o Responsible for all related project management aspects (planning, developing, budgets, and project implementing phases) in a design that is transparent, provide for capacity building and within a complex multi-stakeholder environment) • Responsible for, and oversee all aspects relating to: o Compiling of agricultural economic studies (commercial and emerging farmers) o Interpretation of financial results o Provide agricultural economic norms o Gathering, analyzing and interpretation of production data o Statistical analysis of production data • Identification and stimulation of possible development of existing and alternative crops/practices • General agricultural economics ad hoc enquiries on a daily basis • Writing of articles and lectures for study groups
Department of AgricultureAgricultural Economist
Jun. 2001 - Jul. 2008• Supporting the competitiveness of the agricultural sector by supporting users with budget modelling: o Continuously evaluating COMBUD program, identifying problems and making recommendations with regard to user-friendliness, accuracy and general suggestions o Managing the programme and administrating the programme with regards to other users and provinces o Liasing with all participants and ensuring communication between programmers and users o Training new users and follow up on existing users • Supporting decision-making ability of role-players in agriculture by putting budgeting models in place. o Determining the relevance of existing COMBUD’s o Amend existing budgets o Investigating parameters, homogeneity, practices and infrastructure for chosen COMBUD’S o Draw up new, relevant budgets o Establishing a database for COMBUD III o Compiling a communication action plan to make COMBUD information available on time • Delivering a specialized advisory and support service to all agricultural clients with regard to the subject field concerned: o Doing surveys, investigations and literature studies on request o Finding priority solutions to industrial bottlenecks by evaluating industrial or subject information o Advising on the implementation of solutions to bottlenecks o Dealing with ad hoc inquiries o Suggesting remedial action to improve efficiency in field of study • Doing independent scientific research o Establishing the economic viability of precision agriculture practices in the Western Cape o Evaluating several farming practices in order to support profitability of the preserved fruit-industry o Identifying homogenous areas and typical farms in order to support budgeting models for the preserved fruit-industry o Doing literature studies to investigate certain economic principles and applications o Communicating results by means of lectures, articles and presentations
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