Farm General Production
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PERSONAL DATA
NAME: NSIMENTA GILBERT
DATE OF BIRTH: 30TH MAY 1989
GENDER: MALE
MARITAL STATUS: MARRIED
CONTACT: Email. ***************@*****.***
Mobile phone. +256*********
PROFESSIONAL SUMMERY
Agriculture Passionate and professional with hands on experience and expertise in tasks such as; field cultivation, disease and pest control, fertilizer application, farm equipment maintenance and general crop production. Excellent ability to apply agricultural skills to practice and yield excellent results . Taking on managerial role in different areas and supervising progress of completed tasks by farmhands.
SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
Innovative research skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Exemplary leadership.
Innovative problems solving abilities.
Proficient budgeting and sales management.
Computer skills in Microsoft word excel and internet.
Flexible in managing multiple assignments and tasks
Flexible team player.
Ability to make independent decisions and draw right conclusions.
Flexible to different environments and quick adaptability.
WORK EXPERIENCE
SMALLHOLDER COMMERCIAL FARMER (2016- PRESENT)
As commercial farmer, I am majoring in crop production and I have experience in a number of crop projects including, coffee, banana, beans, maize, cassava, watermelon, tomatoes and a variety of green vegetables. However, I also have educational and subsistence knowledge on farm animal management.
Roles and experiences
Designing general production plans by setting easily achievable and highly profitable objectives and targets
Overseeing all functioning of the farm and delegate tasks to farm hands and ensuring that all the work is moving in line with stated objectives and general production plan.
Procurement of inputs and inventory management by maintaining dealing with reputable agriculture input supply companies and selecting best input bland .
Doing specialized technical work at the farm starting from; nursery bed establishment and management, cultivation and seedbed preparation, planting and spacing, fertilizer application, punning and thinning, weed control, pest and disease assessment and management, harvesting and general post harvest handling.
Carrying out research and bring in innovations about new farming technologies for efficiency in production.
Recruit farmhands, manage and supervise work done.
Sales management by establishing a good relationship with my clients.
Keeping farm records including; production records, financial and sales records.
Resolve problems that arise through processes and sales
Carrying out research and collecting statistics on season forecast and market to target a highly
Productive seasons for the short season fruits and vegetables.
Taking decision on the chemical to use basing on analytical observation of crop requirement.
Understanding agrochemical use considerations; including chemical combination and active ingredient, compatibility, mode of action and dosage.
Monitoring results and making an assessment when a given chemical is used.
Designing chemical application routines and dosage in regard to the available or anticipated disease or pest threat.
Continued research on crop pathology to discover new diseases and pests and understand their control remedies.
Monitoring usage and maintenance of farm tools including; knap sack sprayers eg. the piston and movable joints should be lubricated before and during usage, clean water must be used to avoid blocking of pipes and a sprayer must be washed after work to avoid corroding.
RESOLVED AGRONOMIC CHALLENGES
Understanding nursery bed requirements, diseases and pests, for example soil moisture monitoring to minimize the rate of dumping off.
Learning to attribute most signs and symptoms to their right causes, for example leaf curls are different with different causes ie environmental response, mosaic or insect invasion,
Wilting can be as a result of fungal attack, bacteria, or pests.
Understanding most crop diseases, for example blights, leaf spots, mosaic, among others and knowing the appropriate control remedies.
Gained knowledge on mode of action and active ingredients of most fungicides ie contact or systemic, active ingredients including; mancozeb metalaxyl azoxystrobin,tebuconazole, copper among others.
Knowledge on different insect’s attacks and their appropriate insecticides.
Understanding different crop nutrient requirements and stages of growth when they needed in high amounts.
Understanding different types of soil and soil environments in relationship different crops or crop varieties.
EDUCATIONAL BACK GROUND.
YEAR
INSTITUTION
AWARD
2011-2017
KYAMBOGO UNIVERSITY
BACHEIOR OF VOCATIONAL STUDIES IN AGRICULTURE WITH EDUCATION
2008-2009
SAN GIOVANNI SCHOOL MAKIRO
UGANDA ADVANCED CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION.
2004-2007
SAN GIOVANNI SCHOOL MAKIRO
UGANDA CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION
1996-2003
KIHANDA PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY LEAVING EXAMINATION
REFEREES
KATAMBA MICHEAL,
COMMERCIAL FARMER, MUKONO DISTRICT.
MR NUWAGABA
HEAD OF AGRICULTURE PROJECTS; VISION FOR AFRICA MUKONO.
KAYONDO MEDIE
PRIVATE AGROCHEMICAL DEALER
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