Experience

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  Bushland farming systems

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2005

  Attachee farm manager

  ) Horticulture (tomatoes, green pepper, broccoli, cauliflower, baby marrow, cabbages, green mealies, potatoes)Duties & Responsibilities. 1) Land use planning, Crop growing, calendar & crop rotations, sustainable soil management 2) Drip Irrigation & green house installation. 3) Green house tomato & pepper production. 4) Fertigation & Chemigation, green house maintenance & management. 5) Vegetable growing calendar, pest & disease management. 6) Crop budgets, whole farm budgets, farm cash flows, Trading, profit & loss accounts, reconciliation of cash flows, balance sheet, whole farm planning, wages and salaries.7) Labour and equipment management.8) Safety regulation and First Aid. Exibir menos

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  Saratoga farm

  Jul 2006 - Jan 2007

  Farm manager

   Production (Budgets, Cash-flows, Growing, crop protection, harvesting, grading, selling) of all horticultural crops. 50 ha Horticulture (production of above named crops). 100 ha Flue cured tobacco (Land preparation, seedbed management, floating trays, planting, herbicide and pesticide management, harvesting, curing and grading). Designing yield varietal trials on cassava and soybeans. Supervision of research assistants and monitoring budgets, measuring and recording trial attributes. Demonstrating water and soil conservation methods in tobacco production. 30hp,60hp,100hp,200hp water pump installation & maintenance, erosion control on irrigated land, management & timing of overhead irrigation as well as underground irrigation installation. Overhead and Drip Irrigation design, layout and implementation, Irrigation pump maintenance and servicing. Labour and Equipment management, sustainable soil management.  Coming with fertilizer and chemical recommendations for an array of crops including tobacco, maize, sunflowers, potatoes, groundnuts, soyas, cotton and tomatoes after soil and foliar analysis and test. Exibir menos

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  Lot 2 kilworth estate

  Mar 2007 - Jan 2011

  Farm manager

   Production of 10 000 birds per month. Negotiates with bank and government officials to obtain credit and subsidies. Purchasing machinery, equipment, tractors, seeds, fertilizer and chemicals. Hires, discharges, transfers, and promotes workers, enforces safety regulations, and interprets policies. Land use planning, Crop growing, calendar & crop rotations, sustainable soil management. Crop protection-mechanical & herbicide weed control as well seedbed preparation. Cassava micro propagation using bio technology. Recording information, such as production, farm management practices, and parent stock, and prepares financial and operational reports. Analysing soil to determine type and quantity of fertilizer required for maximum production protecting the environment and maintaining biodiversity. Planning and directing development and production of hybrid plant varieties with high yield or disease and insect resistant characteristics. Crop budgets, whole farm budgets, farm cash flows, Trading, profit & loss accounts, reconciliation of cash flows, balance sheet, whole farm planning, wages and salaries. Horticulture (Production, Harvesting, grading & marketing vegetables as well as crops). Farm input buying i.e., fertilizers, herbicides and other agrochemicals. Planter, mist blower, knapsack and Boom spray calibrations, hay making machine, tractor & farm machinery maintenance.  Design & Installation of overhead sprinkler and drip irrigation (Fertigation, chemigation etc). Animal breeding, cattle nutrition, beef cattle selection, calf & bull management, artificial insemination & heat detection, farm grazing management, de-worming & dehorning, castration, paddock design and erosion control in grazing land. Management of forage growth, bloat management & supplementary feeding, broiler feed formulation, chicken disease prevention & control, vaccination & medication, chicken slaughter, processing & marketing. Exibir menos

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  Frangoking lda

  Jan 2012 - Nov 2013

  Broiler farm manager

  1) Planning Placement and Harvesting Program; Postmortems;2) Production of 160 000 birds per month;3) DOC Vaccination, Hatchery Sanitation and data capturing.4) Feed Quantity orders and control; Vaccination and bird health management;5) Brooding, temperature and ventilation management; Nipple water lines installation and management;6) Poultry house cleaning, disinfection and preparation;7) Feeder and Drinker Management; Water management and quality;8) First Aid; Health and Safety Management;9) Production Management • Information and Data Management • Budget and Cost Control;10) Administration • Team Supervision • Bio-Security Management • Farm Compliance;11) Maintenance KPI’s: Farm mortality rates and health status of chicks;12) Farm flock performance ( hygiene pass rates, rejects, ADG, FCR, mortality, ammonia burns, farm condemns);13) Data capturing rate and accuracy, • Farm production numbers, Farm budget vs expenditure;14) Farm production quality (fertility, culls and quality of chicks and broilers;15) Farm vaccination programme coverage;16) Farm equipment reliability, Equipment management (automatic feed and water systems, silos and abattoir processing machines);17) Farm staff retention, Farm staff absenteeism. Exibir menos

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  Corredoragro lda

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2014

  Assistant administrator/agronomist

  1) Keep physical file and electronic data processes and other company documents;2) Directing and coordinating worker activities, such as Organic Farming, Planting, Irrigation, Fertilization, Chemical Application, Harvesting, Grading, Payroll, and Recordkeeping.3) administrative management; Credit recovery and control; input distribution to farmers;4) updating inventory; farmers technical assistance; crop protection;5) farmers technical assistance; monitoring the use and maintenance of farm equipment (disc harrows, disc ploughs, tractors and trailers;6) work and planning of equipment; land use planning;7) Financial management: crop budget, cash flow, monthly balance sheets, cash flow accounting and balance sheet reconciliation, calculation and payment of wages, profit and loss account;8) Land Planning, production of cereals, calendars, crop rotation and sustainable soil management;9) Programming the use and maintenance of vehicles and motorcycles (verify proper completion of the "Log Books")10) Growing 600ha maize, 800ha sesame, 200ha Mung beans, and 950ha soyabeans using contract farmers.11) Recommending an array of agrochemicals (herbicides, insecticides; fungicides; and nematicides) and fertilizers through intercourse with contracted farmers.12) Training extension workers, stockists, agents and farmers on proper use and handling of farm products including pesticides and herbicides13) Working with over 100 farmer associations, and training them in best farming practices to increase production and productivity.14) Linking the farmers with input providers (capital, fertilizers, agrochemicals, seed etc.) and better markets (e.g. fair trade markets) Exibir menos

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  Morais comercial lda

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2017

  Sales agromist/manager

   Giving technical advice on crops to farmers on horticulture and crop production. Looking for customers. Training farmers on all agronomic aspects of all or most comercial crops; e.g maize, cotton, tobacco, soyabeans etc. Managing company depots i.e. Nampula and Pemba. Establishment of depots and stockists. Stock taking. Making orders to stock depots and stockists. Sourcing for out growers Monitoring of all field crops grown by out growers. Establishment of demonstration plots. Provision of technical advice to the out growers. Monitoring the company’s trial sites and report writing. Marketing of the company’s products-all seeds. Exibir menos

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  Klein karoo seed marketing

  Mar 2017 - now

  Sales agronomist-northern mozambique

   Market and distribute certified seed to stakeholders and farmers in the project locations and Agro dealers. Work with INOVAGRO/DAI/SNV/AGRA/OLIMA/AGRIMEC/ARDRA in the hosting of field days and on farm demonstration trainings / farm visits to exchange and improved learning of farmers and other stakeholders on performance of varieties and best crop management practices in the project locations; Identify and select lead farmers for the establishment of on farm demonstrations; Establishment and managing of agro dealers, VBAs and stockists in Nampula, Zambezia, Cabo del Gado and Niassa Determine seed prices and marketing strategies, taking into account market competitiveness in view of increasing seed availability and use by smallholder farmers in the project locations; Working with INOVAGRO/DAI to provide capacity building and regular training to identified growers, agro dealers, distributors, farmers / lead farmers on seed production, inspection and marketing. Provide capacity building and regular training to identified growers, agro dealers, distributors, farmers / lead farmers on seed production, inspection and marketing;  Monitoring the company’s trial sites and report writing. Marketing of the company’s products-all seeds. Watch video. http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt32fLcTMrQ Exibir menos

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  Proma comercial lda

  Jan 2019 - now

  Company owner

  Selling of agricultural seeds (both vegetable and cereals), pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, veterinary products, fertilizers, farm implements, chicken feed, etc... Seed production (multiplication).. sesame, groundnuts, cow peas and maize..