Responsibilities and achievements


October 2007 till date

Freelance independent farm and project management services DHProjects. Providing advise and management services for agricultural businesses. Conducted business missions to Vietnam, Bolivia, Russia, Belarus, Middle East and Indonesia. Accomplisched assignments:

  • Team Leader of project Mid Term Review of bilateral dairy development project Belgium / Vietnam.
  • Technical project advisor dairy development programme Vietnam.
  • Interim manager green house management Bolivia.
  • Tender commercial dairy farming Middle East.
  • Advisor Feasibility Study small holder dairy farming Indonesia.

Employment


1995 - 2007

Dairy Development Manager, Vietnam.
Managed a development programme (budget 6 mln usd) aiming to develop the local dairy farming enterprices in South Vietnam

1994 - 1995

Project Officer, The Netherlands.
Coordinated and managed technical support to ongoing projects overseas, and conducted a technical mission to a dairy farm in Nigeria.

1991 - 1993

Dairy Farm Manager, Yemen.
Managed the company’s large scale dairy farm in the Tihama region.

1990 - 1991

Dairy Production Manager, Libya.
Managed a large agricultural project, consiting of the devisions dairy (1,200 head of dairy cattle) agriculture (200 hectares) and dairy processing plant.

1987 - 1989

Farm Manager, Libya.
Management the dairy devision of a large scale integrated dairy project (1,200 head dairy cattle)

1984 - 1987

Assistent Herd & Farm manager, Libya

1982 (6 months)

Internship, Oman.
Conducted an internship at a large scale dairy and agricultural farm.

Dirk Harting

Dirk A. Harting (1956)


Agricultural project manager / consultant

Experience

  • over 20 years international dairy farming business operations and management Africa, Middle- and Far-East
  • Project management-farm/building construction, dairy husbandry extension, milk-quality control, -payment and training.
  • Set up new business activities – staff recruitement, training, problem solving, setting routines and standards

Specialisms

  • Large scale dairy farm management
  • Dairy -husbandry, -extension and -training
  • Business organization development

Skills / others

  • MS Office
  • Project management (P2)
  • Languages:
    • Dutch: mother tongue
    • English: fluent
    • French and German: Modest
  • Driving licenses: Dutch A,B,C,D,E (car, truck, motorbike).