LEBAGA ELOY

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ACADEMICS

2017:Crop Advisor Certificate (YARA International)

****-****: Post graduate diploma in agriculture (Diplôme d’ingénieur Agronome), Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences (FASA) of the University of Dschang.

KEY SKILLS

Strong theoretical and practical knowledge of Plant production and mainly cocoa, coffee (Arabica and robusta)Cereals and vegetables;

Hands-on experience in training and advising to small holder farmers;

Highly experienced in setting up demonstration plots and development of business plans;

Hands-on experience in project design, management and impact evaluation.

Results oriented, strategic thinker with good leadership skills;

Great team member, with a willingness to learn new skills and embrace new cultures

Strong interview and success writing skills to provide information for communications materials;

Keen on respecting existing ethics and compliance schemes

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

June 2016 till date: Sales Agronomist /Cocoa Champion at Yara Cameroon (Centre-south-east regions)

Been able to achieve over 80% of set targets (demonstration plots -100%, Farmer field school – 100% and sales – 89%) consecutively for two years.

Set up 5 demonstration plots (average 1 hectare each) per year in the last 2 years;

Worked with 100 farmer field schools (FFS) per year in the last 2 years;

Implemented the pull and push strategy targeting farmers, retailers and distributors in the fertilizer chain to create demand at the level of the end users;

Organized at least 3 crop clinics per week (106 per year) in the last 2 years on crop nutritional advice to farmers, tailoring of fertilizer scheme and promoting the new nutritional program tailored for the cocoa farmers.

Supported and followed up at least 500 farmers who use YARA products to increase production and subsequently their livelihoods.

December 2013 – May 2016: Agronomist, OLAM Cameroon

Identified hotspots for growing cocoa and created at least 7 Common Initiative Groups per Cooperative (350 groups) to encourage the farmers to increase the quality of cocoa in the Centre region of Cameroon (Makenene, Bafia, Mbangasina, Ntui and Batchenga) aimed at increasing farmer incomes;

Trained at least 50 cooperatives in these localities (Makenene, Bafia, Mbangasina, Ntui and Batchenga) on post-harvest processes in the cocoa value chain;

Led the evaluation of cocoa during group sales in order to ensure only high quality cocoa is purchased;

Trained farmers to produce high quality flavor Cocoa and facilitated their sales to OLAM;

Carried out a feasibility study on Arabica coffee production in France ville Gabon. (Olam Cameroon and Olam Gabon);

Conceived and produced a Robusta coffee training manual and led the demonstration of 4C license compliance with the targeted farmers;

Carried out a 4C certification on Robusta coffee for 1000 farmers to produce 2000 tons of coffee in the lower noun of Cameroon (Malantouen);

Carried out 4C certification on Arabica coffee for 3500 farmers to produce 5000 tons of coffee in the North West region of Cameroon (Kumbo).

February 2012 – December 2013: Supervisor, Olam Cameroon.

Supervised farmer meetings,

organized training of trainers workshops and

Coordinated trials against Coffee berry disease;

August 2010 - January 2012: Farm Manager at the Babcam Cocoa Project, Nguti subdivision Cameroon.

Managed a 150 hectares cocoa farm (set up nurseries and transplanted seedlings)

Supervised 2 permanent staff, and always source for at least 20 seasonal workers

May - October 2009: Intern at Smallholder dairy Development Project (SDDP) Kumbo, Cameroon.

A final year thesis entitled: “Sociological and zoo technical characteristics of smallholder dairy farming of Tadu Dairy Cooperative Society (TDCS) farmers

August - September 2008: Intern at FAO Yaounde Cameroon.

Participated in the evaluation of Smallholder farmers under the National Food Security

Program (NFSP) and value analysis of the farmers’ need.

August - September 2007: Field Discovery of Agricultural Activities in the North West Region, Cameroon.

Identified farmers in both animal and crop production

Encouraged active participation of both parties in problem diagnosis and unanimously proposed solutions

Trained farmers on new farming techniques

August to September 2006: Village study of the Agricultural, Cultural, Sociological and Political milieu of Bali Nyonga Village, North West Region Cameroon. Task

Diagnosed smallholder farmers activities, their Environment and homestead.

Identified the sociocultural aspects that governs smallholder agriculture

OTHER TRAININGS AND WORKSHOPS

2010 to 2011: Training on renewable energy (solar energy) at Cabinet Njitakem Sarl Douala

2010: Certificate of bilingualism, Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences (FASA) of the University of Dschang.

May 2008: Workshop on youth employment and Insertion in the professional milieu organized by the Junior Chamber International, Dschang Chapter

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Microsoft office

GPS utilization

Internet browsing and research

Basic SPSS

Other skills

Cat. B driver’s license

LANGUAGE

English

Written: Excellent

Spoken: Excellent

French

Written: Good

Spoken: Good

REFERENCES

Michiel Kuit

Kuit Consultancy

Email: adm7uo@r.postjobfree.com@kuit-consultancy.com

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Georges Nkengne

Olam Cameroon

Email: adm7uo@r.postjobfree.com@olamnet.com

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Chick Herman

Nachtigal Hydro Power Company NHPC

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