Internship financial model regenerative agriculture

Are you a student interested in working in a professional research environment? Are you passionate about sustainable innovation and do you want to have an impact on the  transition in the agricultural sector? Apply now and join us at our  R&D department Plant Based Solutions!

The Challenge

The arable sector is a strongly changing environment driven by increasing pressure from legislation, changing consumer preferences, societal pressure and requirements from food chain partners focused on food safety and environmental impact. The combination of an increasingly extensive rotation scheme and reduction of synthetic products leads to uncertainty about the revenue of growers and supply uncertainty for chain partners.

Agrifirm is supporting growers in their economic and ecological transition by investing in solutions that counteract cultivation issues (such as abiotic climate stress or disease pressure) while maintaining measurable quantity and quality with reduced environmental impact.

Regenerative cultivation methods provide different opportunities to farmers to deal with climate extremes, comply to stricter legislation and be an attractive partner for food chain partners focusing on soil health, reduced climate impact, water quality and biodiversity.

Job description
An important aspect of applying regenerative agriculture practices is to understand the financial implications and risks. In a previous project, a first version financial model is developed for this purpose. The goal of the current assignment is to further design the financial model for implementation of regenerative practices at the farm.

You will work in the team R&D Plant Based Solutions, in close collaboration with our business partners. Your workplace is flexible, we work from home and our headquartersin Apeldoorn. The program manager Healthy Soil is your supervisor.

Tasks and responsibilities

Relevant topics in which you either support or work independently are:

• Analysis of existing financial data and models
• Defining a process to develop the model to the next version
• Creation of the financial model to support farmers in decision making

What is on your cv?

• MSc student in plant, soil or agriculture with a strong affinity for farming economics.
• Positive attitude and/or experience in (organic / regenerative) agriculture
• You are fluent in Dutch
• English in speaking and writing
• Excellent communicator / networker
• Experience with Excel
• Preferably experience in PowerBi for prototyping

This is you

• Independent worker
• Translate theory in practice and the other way around

What can you expect?

Doing an internship at Royal Agrifirm Group is learning and working at a leading innovative organisation. As an intern you will become acquainted with the working method of Royal Agrifirm Group, you will be supervised and you will have the opportunity to gain broad experience. You will be given your own tasks and responsibilities to be able to experience what it is like to work at Royal Agrifirm Group.

We offer an internship allowance. You will join an enthusiastic and committed team where cooperation and results are central. Location is Apeldoorn.

Royal Agrifirm Group

Agrifirm's vision is to work every day on a responsible food chain for future generations. We want to ensure that we can continue to offer affordable, healthy and sustainable food to everyone. Agrifirm therefore supplies high-quality products such as animal feed, products for the cultivation of crops and professional advice.

Agrifirm was founded approximately 120 years ago in the Netherlands and is now a leading agricultural cooperative with an international network of subsidiaries located in 16 countries in Europe, South America and Asia and a worldwide distribution network. The headquarters is located in Apeldoorn and with more than 3,000 committed employees, Agrifirm works every day on a healthy future for farmers and society.

Information
For more information, please contact Josien van Harten,  programma manager Healthy Soil via werken@agrifirm.com.

You can apply via our website or other portals: please via the application button. You can address your response (CV and motivation) to Josien van Harten.