Jan Hüskens Email & Phone Number

Wageningen, Gelderland, Netherlands

's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, Netherlands

Den Bosch, The Netherlands

Dordrecht, The Netherlands; Inhambane/Nampula Mozambique

The Netherlands, Mozambique & Côte d’Ivoire

Dordrecht, The Netherlands / Maxixe, Mozambique

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Netherlands Water Partnership have initiated the Young Expert Programme Water (YEP Water) and the Young Expert Programme Agrofood (YEP Agrofood) -in partnership with the Food & Business Knowledge Platform- with the objective of providing assurances for the continued availability of international professionalism and.

Wageningen

Teaching Assistant for the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Growing our Future Food: Crops. https://www.edx.org/course/growing-future-food-crops-wageningenx-gffcx#.VOymWU10z5o

Wageningen, The Netherlands|Kapchorwa, Uganda

• N2Africa is a large scale research project that works on putting nitrogen fixation to work for farmers growing leguminous crops in Africa. For my internship I spend three months in the rural parts of Eastern Uganda. In.
• Evaluate the current demonstration fields with farmers from different wealth categories and gender. In total 48 evaluations sessions were carried out and the feedback from the farmers will be used to adapt cultivation.
• Interview 60 farmers on what practices they have adopted from the demonstrations of the previous year. The emphasis was on finding out why farmers decided (not) to use certain aspects of the techniques that were being.
• Explore how the cultivation of this type of bean has spread and continues to spread in this district. The Internship gave me the opportunity to learn more about agricultural practices in the tropics, to work.

Wageningen

Give advice to the IxESN Wageningen board members on important decisions to safeguard knowledge transfer over the years. Attend monthly meetings to stay up to date on the work of the organisation and provide feedback if requested. Proofread policy plans and year reports.

Wageningen, The Netherlands

• IxESN Wageningen is a student organisation that aims to offer a diverse range of activities for international students. The board consisted of six volunteers who worked part-time. I was responsible for organizing:
• Monthly excursions to cities in the Netherlands and neighbouring countries for groups of 50 – 120 members.
• Monthly dinners that provide groups of students to share their food culture with 100 members.
• Bicycle rental service with 25 bicycles that allowed members to rent affordable bikes for short periods, e.g. when family or friends came to visit them.
• Organizing other activities on behalf of Wageningen University.

Wageningen

I was responsible for maintaining contact with the Netherlands Rugby Board, municipality and other clubs regarding matches and the organisation of tournaments and clinics.

Maasbree

I was responsible for the harvest and crop maintenance of flowers and cucumbers.

Master Of Science (Msc), Plant Sciences|Natural Resource Management

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Plant Sciences