Farmer Success Associate

Kheyti; Odisha; In loco; INR 180.000 - 260.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Kheyti Inc. in Keonjhar, Odisha, invites a field-focused professional to drive onboarding, training, and ongoing engagement with farmers in the greenhouse program.

You will work with agronomists and field teams to resolve agronomy queries, ensure timely input delivery, and help farmers adopt protected cultivation practices for better yields and sustainability. This full-time role requires willingness to travel and a background in Agriculture or Horticulture, with a hands-on, mission-driven

Competenze

• BSc/MSc in Agriculture or Horticulture.
• Willing to travel.
• Knowledge on horticulture/crop management.

Mansioni

• Onboard new farmers to Kheyti Greenhouse program.
• Train the onboarded farmers on maintenance of Greenhouse and protected cultivation.
• Resolve farmers’ agronomy-related queries and ensure highest degree of customer satisfaction.
• Improve inbound and outbound farmer engagement by telecalling and coordinating field visits and campaigns to increase awareness of best practices.
• Farmer database maintenance.
• Work closely with senior agronomists to provide input recommendations.
• Ensure warehousing and timely delivery of inputs to farmers.

Conoscenze

Willing to travel

Horticulture knowledge

Formazione

BSc/MSc in Agriculture or Horticulture

Descrizione del lavoro

About Us

Kheyti helps smallholder farmers battle climate change through the "Greenhouse-in-a-Box", a low-cost greenhouse bundled with end-to-end services. Designed for smallholders, our greenhouse fits in 2% of their land, costs 33% lower than regular greenhouses, protects crops from environmental risks and grows 7x more food with 50x water efficiency. Along with the greenhouse, we work with partners to offer farmers financing, input linkage, training and market linkage services, creating a seamless path towards steady additional incomes of upto ₹1,00,000/year, a 3x increase in farm incomes.

Through a culture of farmer centric design, we've brought down the cost of the greenhouse significantly to 90% lower than mainstream greenhouses. We've created collaborations with >100 organisations to offer farmers services. We've proven the model with 300 farmers today and will be serving 2,000 farmers in 12 months. We've won various awards for our initial work and have been featured in NatGeo, Outlook Business, FastCo, and Forbes. We are supported by DRK Foundation, Mulago Foundation, Cartier Philanthropy and Acumen. Our vision is to serve a million farmers in 10 years.

Job Description

Looking for a passionate field professional to deliver day-to-day advisory and support services to farmers, enabling better adoption of sustainable and protected cultivation practices.

About Kheyti

kheyti is an agri-tech that helps farmers double incomes and be climate resilient and sustainable. We democratize access to high-tech agriculture solutions by making them farmer-centric, low-cost and by bundling end-to -end services. Our vision is to see every farmer climate-smart.

The Opportunity

You will drive farmer onboarding, training, and engagement across our greenhouse program. You will work closely with farmers to ensure smooth adoption of protected cultivation practices, resolve agronomy-related queries, and support them with timely input delivery. Working alongside agronomists and field teams, you will play a key role in improving farmer success and satisfaction.

Job Type: Full Time

Location: Keonjhar,Odisha Reporting to: Team Lead

Key Responsibilities

• Onboard new farmers to Kheyti Greenhouse program.
• Train the onboarded farmers on maintenance of Greenhouse and protected cultivation.
• Resolve farmers’ agronomy-related queries and ensure highest degree of customer satisfaction.
• Improve inbound and outbound farmer engagement by telecalling and coordinating field visits and campaigns to increase awareness of best practices.
• Farmer database maintenance.
• Work closely with senior agronomists to provide input recommendations.
• Ensure warehousing and timely delivery of inputs to farmers.

Who we are looking for

We're looking for a mission-driven individual who is passionate about making a tangible difference in the lives of smallholder farmers. The ideal candidate thrives in the field, enjoys hands-on problem-solving, and is excited to be part of a high-impact startup tackling climate change through agriculture.

Must-Haves

• Bsc/Msc in Agriculture or Horticulture
• Enthusiastic about expansion and willingness to do travel.
• Knowledge on horticulture/crop management

Nice-to-Haves

• Passionate about bringing a revolution in the traditional agricultural systems and practices.
• Eagerness to learn and explore more on Agronomy or Horticulture and contribute to the vision and mission of the company.

Not a Fit

• Someone unwilling to travel or work on the field
• Lacks basic understanding of horticulture or crop management
• Lacks passion for innovation in agriculture or unwilling to adopt new technologies

Hiring Process

1. HR Shortlisting
2. Round 1 - Virtual
3. Round 2 - Virtual