Gothard Liampawe (Msc Agricutlture Production Chain Management,Bsc Agriculture ,Diploma Agric)

Experience

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  Illovo Sugar Africa

  Nov 2011 - Dec 2013

  Farm Manager

  • Planning.• Participating in policy decision making.• Sugar Cane Quality control • Budgeting and maintaining accurate financial records.• Organizing sales and purchases of farm equipment, crops and agricultural products.• Handling paperwork and keeping administrative records.• Recruiting, training/instructing and supervising farmworkers.• Making sure that work progresses satisfactorily.• To coordinate and control the quality of crop maintenance operations as per set standards to meet the production target, at a lower cost.• Ensures that all operations are carried out as per the company SHE rules and procedures• Calculates the monthly fertilizer and chemical requirements for the resource plan as recommended by Estate Agronomist.• Control all farm operations including all Agriculture good practices.• Negotiates with the labour wherever a work stoppage occurs and attempting to normalize the situation as soon as possible.• Ensuring compliance with government regulations and health and safety standards.• Keeping an up-to-date knowledge of pests and diseases.• Ensuring that the farm is profitable and meets projected financial targets.• Organizing maintenance/repair of farm property, equipment, and machinery.• Advertising and marketing farm products or the work of the farmer. Show less

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  Kalambo district council

  Jan 2014 - Dec 2016

  Agriculture Specialist

  • Collection and analysis of data related to crop production through ARDS software• Advice farmers on new farming Technologies based on research conducted.• Preparation of report(Weekly, Monthly and quarterly ).• Ensure the Horticulture chain is well developed.• Ensuring Seed quality control on crops especially Maize, Groundnuts, Beans• Preparation of organized Workplan and progress indicators worksheet• Monitoring and supervising Extension officer s at Ward and Village level• Maintaining good communication with other staff.  Mentoring and supervising the subordinates within the production film. Ensure logistics for any agriculture production activities are in place (in coordination and cooperation with my colleague staffs, head of department and district director with other responsible stakeholders.  Responsible for budget management - track program spending, analyse deviations and take corrective action as needed. Oversee the production plans, including the supervision of skills development and horticultural activities in collaboration with implementing partners. Identify and facilitate producer linkage to formal financial institutions in collaboration with the stakeholders. In coordination with the Head of the department and director, stakeholders the process of analysing the economy to help align skills development interventions of the production program with the employment creation potentials. Control the quality of seed and Fertilizer through regular inspection to Agro dealers. Implementation of the District Agriculture Development Programme to ensure all activities of extension service is planned and implemented accordingly. Show less

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  Kalambo Organic Coffee Company

  Jan 2014 - Dec 2016

  Project Manager

  • Train farmers on Global GAP, certification process, type of certification, sustainability standards (VSS), compliance for domestic, regional and international levels for coffee • To mobilise smallholder coffee farmers to join into Coffee producers organisation• Provide training to smallholder farmers about the value of the Coffee • Linking smallholder farmers with stakeholders in the Coffee Chain. • Training Coffee smallholder farmers • Link smallholders farmers with other stakeholders such as Agro dealers, NGO and private sector. financial institution• Preparation of Donor report (Tembo Coffee Company Limited).• Control budget of the project.Coordinating all activities related to the Coffee project at Kalambo District council.• Collaborating with Café Africa• Collaborate with other coffee stakeholder such as Tanzania Coffee Research Institute(TACRI) Mbimba,Tembo coffee company, Tanzania Coffee board.• Show less

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  MIICO

  Jan 2017 - Dec 2017

  District Focal person

   Helping various smallholder farmers in improving their productivity in Agriculture and Marketing.  Empowering youth farmers with soft skills to enable them gaining confidence and make the right agricultural business decision. Linking youth farmers to available affordable financial products and risks management product Supporting Youth enterprises along with the agriculture value chain. Conducting training farmers to new farmers in producers Organisation on business skills, contract negotiation, and crop aggregation. Organizing buyers and seller forums at group and cluster level contract negotiation, signing of forwarding contacts.  Training on marketing to farmers and agricultural field officers. Supporting youth enterprises along with the agriculture value chain. Empowering youth with soft skills to enable them to gain confidence and make the right agricultural business decision. Organizing buyer-seller forums at group and cluster level contract negotiation, signing of the forward contract. Linking sunflower farmers with Sunflower oil processors. Show less

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  Helvetas

  Aug 2019 - Mar 2020

  Agriculture advisor
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  Plan International

  Apr 2020 - Jul 2020

  ENGAGED IN SURVEYING IMPACT ON COVID-19 TO GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN-Establishment of beneficiaries list- Data entry into KOBOCOLLECTOR for beneficiaries list- Conduct phone interviews remotely and enter data directly into KOBOCOLLECT.- Support translation, typing and validation qualitative data- Pre-test the functionalities of telephone number and administer Consents.- Data coding- Data cleaning- Preparation of Technical report- Analysis of data by using SPSS software-Preparation of Techical report to PLAN Country office Show less

  • Researcher

    Jun 2020 - Jul 2020

  • Researcher

    May 2020 - Jun 2020

  • Researcher

    Apr 2020 - May 2020
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  Dümmen Orange Tanzania

  Nov 2020 - Apr 2021

  Operations Manager

  Resigned

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  Tanzania Fertilizer Regulatory Authority

  Apr 2021 - now

  Regulatory of activities related to Fertilizers and Fertilizer Suppliments Regulating the Quality Availability,Accessibility,Affordability, of Fertilizer and Fertilizer Suppliments for Agriculture Sustainability

  • TAnzania Fertilizer Regulatory Authority-Zonal Manager

    Jan 2022 - now

  • Senior Quality Assurance Officer

    Apr 2021 - Jan 2022