Manager Farm

Location:

Uganda

Posted:

July 27, 2020

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CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL DATA

Surname

Matege

Other Name

Michael

Marital Status

Married

Nationality

Ugandan

Date Of Birth

6th October 1982

Contact Address

Email address

P.O. Box 1276, Jinja – Uganda (East Africa).

Mob: +256-*********

+256-*********

*********@*******.***

PERSONAL PROFLE

I am a creative, result oriented and enterprising team player, with good communication and reporting skills. I possess knowledge and skills in Capacity building programmes of individuals and organizations, leadership and management, Extension Planning and Management, Agribusiness, Export and Marketing Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, Investment Projects’ Preparation and Financial Appraisal .I have a wide experience in agricultural livelihoods improvement, community development work, HIV/AIDS, Gender, Village Savings and Loans Associations methodology. I have the potential to achieve the organizational and personal goals and can work excellently with multidisciplinary and multicultural teams.

CAREER OBJECTIVES:

To be able to contribute towards improved rural livelihoods through modern and/or climate smart agricultural practices, environmental conservation and professional counselling.

EDUCATION BACKGROUND

Year

Institution

Award

2005-2009

Uganda Martyrs

Degree In Organic Agriculture

2005

Uganda Martyrs University

Certificate in Commercial Crop Husbandry.

2003-2004

National Agriculture Research Centre (Mayuge)

Certificate in Sustainable Organic Agriculture

1998-2001 Kololo senior secondary school Uganda certificate of education.

1990-1997 Kyomya primary school Primary leaving certificate.

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Year

Institution

Award

2009

OGLM

Certificate In Introduction to Computer

2009

ICT Focus Computer Training Centre

Certificate in Ms - Word

2007

Cinadco-State Of Israel

Principles and Practices of Organic Farming In Agriculture

WORKING EXPERIENCE

2006-2007

-Serving as a field assistant supervisor Kakira Sugar Works (1985) Ltd.

-Running a full sub-county supervised by the zone supervisor and area manager.

-Running both harvesting and up keep work for the company.

-Measuring the quantity of rainfall in the sub county on daily basis.

-Helping farmers to have good seed selection and also harvest mature sugar cane.

2004-March 2009

-Coordinator of the Budondo Organic farmers Association to the National organic Agricultural movement of Uganda.

-Helping farmers to run the principals and practices of organic farming .

2010 Jan to 2011May.

Farm Manager at Abenakyo farm Kayunga District of Uganda.

Duties

-Monitoring farm departments such as nurseries, fruits, crops and animals.

-Organizing farm records on daily basis.

-Monte ring and evaluating input and output.

-Managing farm nursery bed.

-Keeping and protecting farm tools from the workers.

-Giving task to the farm workers.

-The farm had oranges, mangoes, beans and maize.

-This was the third largest farm in Uganda on 3square miles.

June 2011to July 2012.

Farm manager Cherish Uganda Entebbe (air port area).

Duties.

-Managing farm records, animals and crops.

-Implementing dignity project.

-Improving banana production using organic pesticides.

-Improving passion fruit farm.

-Managing dairy farm and improving the breading.

-Creating good personal relationship between the farm workers and the directors.

-Increasing the level of production in every area of production on the farm and nutrient quantities.

-The farm had passion fruits, pineapples, bananas, cassava, pawpaw, herbs and spices and dairy production unit.

September 2012 Date.

Executive Director at Jinja Organic Company limited.

Duties

-Signing company documents.

-Marketing the company to other friends.

-Manager the internal control system of the company and the nation.

-Managing records and workers in the company.

-Paying and interviewing the company workers.

-Bringing potential partners to the company.

-monitoring company projects and see the performances.

-Chair meetings and seminars for the company.

-Opening and implementing sustainable farming projects.

-To see that company time is managed well by the workers or what they are paid is equivalent to their work done in month, daily etc.

-the company had number of projects because it main activities is to manage farmers production and sustainability of the market for their produce.

-To see that the company meet the business goals in it work plan.

-To bring in competitive staffs to the company who can work under minimum supervision.

-Evaluate the total performances of the business and find new ideas for production.

-To lead total team with love and encourage them where necessary.

-To increase the market size of the company on the local market.

-To see that we have the required tools for the business.

-Monitoring company farms and production.

28/09/2016 TO NOVEMBER 2017.

Team leader with REHOBOTH AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES LTD KAMPALA, UNDER PARTNERSHIP WITH JINJAORGANIC COMPANY LTD.

Roles

-To manager there trial project and the implementation at the site.

-To ensure that their research of seed multiplication come to success.

-To help them to pay for their works and get the required tools for the project.

-To defend their project in the community and other leaders.

-To work towards the disease problems and pest control during their research.

-To make proper accounting for their project for any funding they make.

-I have drafted work plan and business projects in the field of crop management.

SKILLS

I am a computer literate and able to use and work with Microsoft Word and internet. I also have experience in farm planning, business management and implementations process.

.LANGUAGE EXPERIENCE

Language

Spoken

Written

English

Excellent

Luganda

Very good

Good

Lusoga

Kiswahili

French

Excellent

Fair

Very Good

Fair

poor

INTERESTS

-Attending meetings, seminars and workshops

-Developing farming projects such as crops, herbs and spices, trees, animals and poultry

-Implementing new projects for Europeans or whites and also for the ministry of agriculture, animal industries.

-To carry out modern farming challenges in seed research and diseases control both organic and inorganic in order to raise production and farm performances.

REFEREES:

1.Dr John Bukusuba,

Senior Director,

Department of Food Science and Technology United Nations,

P.O. BOX 175,

Jinja – Uganda.

Tel: +256-*********

Email:**********@*****.***

2. Mrs Jane Nalunga,

CEO –National Organic Agricultural Movement of Uganda (NOGAMU)

P.O BOX 1884,

Kampala-Uganda