2019 Seed Internship Program Opportunity (Farm Support Services Ltd)
Sponsored by
Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies (SEED)
Funding Type:
Stipend
Open To:
Co-term
Master's
PhD
Summer
Applications closed
Applications closed on February 8, 2019
Approximate Offer Date:
Friday, March 1, 2019
Company name: Farm Support Services Ltd
Project type: Marketing
Project Location: Ibadan, Nigeria
Project sub-categories: Expansion, Food, Research
Internship eligibility requirement: Stanford graduate students only (MBA, MSx, MA, MS, PhD) may participate
About the company: Farm Support Group is in the business of poultry farming, manufacturing, and supply of poultry inputs and outputs. We add value to agriculture in Nigeria by servicing the needs of livestock farmers, poultry feedmillers, distributors, consumers and prospective farmers with high-quality products. We also render consultancy services in farm planning, procurement, etc.
Project Description: Farm Support Group seeks an intern who will consolidate and equip its Data Generation and Customer Relationship Management templates. In our bid to increase our sales revenue by 7X to $100m by 2023, we must increase our market share in all the regions of the country. We need an adequate data collation and management system in place to effectively embark on enhanced marketing to penetrate the different regions of the country and increase our market share. More so, we need a customized customer relationship software for the company that will fortify our after sales and general technical services. This will enable us to create more value that our current and prospective customers will be willing to pay for.