CURRICULUM VITAE

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Bakersfield, CA 93307

Email: mq0m5u@r.postjobfree.com

Mob. 661-***-****

PERSONAL DATA

Name: Salifu Abdul-Moomin Ansong

Age: 35

Marital Status: Married

Profession: Agro-forester

Computer Literacy: MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, Spread sheet and Internet exploration

PROFILE

A Natural Resource (MSc) and Agriculture (BSc) Scientist with a wide range of experiences in the agriculture and forestry industries. A confident communicator with a good sense of humour, pleasant disposition and enjoys team work. Experienced in Forest Certification, Agriculture, Natural forests and plantation development, consensus building with policy think tanks, rural communities (famers), opinion leaders. Can effectively work with little supervision. A key player in forest certification activities in Ghana and beyond.

CARRIER OBJECTIVE

To work in a highly competitive Agriculture environment where I can contribute to achieving corporate objectives while meeting commitments to addressing key issues of sustainable development through resource sustainability and poverty reduction

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

2002-2005: Dresden University of Technology, Germany

MSc. (Tropical forestry and Management)

1996-2000: University of Cape Coast, Ghana

BSc. (Agriculture)

1990-1993: Wa Secondary School, U/W/R

Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination. (General Agriculture)

2010- 2011: Ernest Farms Inc. Philadelphia

Position/Responsibilities

Farm Manager

Coordinated all the day-day functions such as irrigation, maintenance of field equipment, materials, labor to plant and harvest all vegetables.

Prepared financial budgets for equipment needs, repairs and new investments.

Conduct market survey on most patronised crops and vegetables in order to apply the system of comparative advantage to maximize profits

Forecasted yield of crops, vegetable and animals to positive interventions

Communicated with sales and marketing department on number of acres planted, total yields and harvest projections.

Abided by rules and regulations governing to chemical usage and application

Coordinated all crew activity, ensuring that workers follow safety measures and are duly protected all the time

Will also coordinate water use & implement applications on crops efficiently.

Will have the ability to review current cultural practices & policies & develop and implement new procedures and policies as identified

Feb, 2008 –October 2010: Logs & Lumber Limited, Kumasi

Position/ Responsibilities

Head of Forestry Department

• Steered the company to its first ever FSC Controlled wood and Chain-of-Custody Certificates

• Responsible for all the company Forest Certification activities and compliance with international treaties and agreements which Ghana is a signatory

• Wrote/developed all applicable Forest Certification Manuals such as Log tracking, TUC Management/operational plans, Forest Reserve Management Plans, Chain-of-Custody, High Conservation Values Forests etc

• Planning, organizing, directing and evaluating activities of FSC Certification requirements against all logging operations

• Co-ordinate technical capacity building of all forest and factory workers

• Implementing and managing corporate Social Responsibility Agreements in forest fringe communities where company operates

• Design, implement and co-ordinate all reforestation and commercial plantation development activities

• Design and implement all logging operations in line with sustainable forest management towards the achievement of forest certification

• Co-ordinate activities of community company relation and payment of compensation

• Training of farmers trainers on sustainable Tree/cocoa establishment and farm certification by using farmer training methods such as the cocoa Farmer Field Schools

• Educating farmers on sustainable forest management and forest governance in order to ensure poverty reduction

• Design mechanisms for effective communication and information flow between forest fringe communities and other stakeholders on Community Resources Management, networking, coordination and building synergies

• Hold discourse with government policy makers on royalties disbursement

• Plan and monitor all logging activities to ensure that natural resources that serve as sources of rural communities livelihoods are not affected.

• Promote market access for company products through forest certification initiatives

• Monitor all forest operations to identify, analyze and solve problems that emanate, and ensure that forest conservation, safety and company regulations are being adhered to.

• Develop plan of work, budget and implementation strategies for each task to be executed on monthly quarterly and annual basis

• Responsible for ensuring that High Conservation Values of the various forest reserves are protected to meet FSC requirements

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