Dhimas Putranto
YEP period 2020 - 2022, batch 19
Young Expert at ICCO Cooperation - IndonesiaFirst position after YEP
Project Manager at Viamo, Indonesia
YEP Role
As a business development officer for ICCO Regional Office Southeast Asia, I am working on projects related to the use of new technology for smallholder farmers. Currently, I am responsible for project management and business development of two G4AW (Geodata for Agriculture and Water) in Indonesia, which are SMARTseeds for vegetable farmers, and SpiceUp for pepper farmers. Aside from managing those projects, I also support the business development and proposal writing work of ICCO ROSEA team with specialization on the topics of new technology for sustainable agriculture.
Skills
- Project development
- Project management
- Market research
- Proposal writing
- Stakeholder management and communication
- Business development
- Design thinking and facilitation
- Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship
Nationality: Indonesian
Education: MSc in Organic Agriculture with Entrepreneurship Track, Wageningen University, The Netherlands, Joint BSc in Agrotechnology and Agronomy (University of Jember, Indonesia and Kasetsart University, Thailand)
Experience before YEP
- Academic intern at East West Seed Company
- Research intern at Kasetsart University, Thailand
- Summer Intern at Thailand’s National Corn and Sorghum Research Center
- Project co-initiator of Veggie Wheel Board Volunteer Project in Myanmar
- Project co-initiator of Hack-a-Farm agri-hackathon event in Indonesia and Vietnam
- International workshop, conference, and study experience in Thailand, Laos, Norway, Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia, United States of America, and the Netherlands
