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Crop consulting

Because of the special knowledge and often intense work load which is needed for the cultivation of special plants the topic "cultivation optimization" is extremely important for your economic success and the quality of the material.
I will support you from the planning of your cultivation project until production and primary processing.
A comprehensive consultation covers the following areas:

• Choice of the adapted genetic material
According to the objectives, based on food-, medicinal or other industrial characteristics.
• Site criteria
Soil, climate, distances, equipment,
• Agronomic parameters
Establishing methods, fertilization, plant protection (resistance), plant care, harvest.
• Technical requirements
Machines and devices for cultivation, harvest and processing (particularly chopping, cleaning, drying and packing; with fresh commodity also cool chain).
• Planning and management
Risk management (process control), cost optimization, process planning.

Management of natural resources (wild collection)

The cultivation of plant raw material isn't always the first choice. Some species are inadequate for cultivation due to their botany, low demand or simply because of sufficient wild stands. Nonetheless, in the interest of nature conservation and raw material safeguarding the use of wild stands need to be sustainable.
My consultation offer includes but is not limited to:

• Optimization of the use of natural resources.
Regarding sustainability, legal conformity, basic conditions (public-administrative) and weak criteria like traditional user rights and local creation of value.
• Use planning
Development of management plans, including sub-documents like maps, status of protection (regeneration-rate studies), risk assessment, guidelines (use, collection), management protocols etc.
• Quality management
Improvement of the product quality regarding contaminant loads, falsifications and visual appeareance. Creation of documentation systems for traceability and quality.

Development of value chains with plant raw materials/products

In many developing regions of the world value chains using vegetable raw material have inadequacies which constrain existing potential of development. Favorable input-benefit ratios are possible through the identification of critical points and the resulting leverage effect.

• Market analysis
Sub-sector analysis (SSA), value chain analysis (VCA)
• Promotion of market opportunities
Communication (moderation) of business potentials to possible market participants
• Organisational creation/development
Building of groups with social-economic weight (e.g. cooperatives, associations) to achieve stability and representation of interests. Internal process improvement of groups
• Capacity building
Technical know-how transfer to primary producer and manufacturer.