Experience

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  Silverlands Ranching

  • Zambia
  • Agriculture, Construction, Mining Machinery Manufacturing
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Cropping Manager

    • Sep 2022 - Present

    Organizing the operational aspects of Cropping in line with workshop equipment. Responsible for daily planning and allocation of machinery for cropping and ranching. Supervise a workshop staff of 20 tractor drivers and 4 mechanics. Recruitment and training of personnel in cropping Machinery calibrationRecord keeping and Reporting on crop nutrition, crop health, irrigation and labour. (crop diary)Coordinating daily worker activities such as planting, irrigation, chemical application, cultivating and harvesting crops.Assist with budgeting and procurement of the crop requirements as well as stock that is related to cropping within and between sections.Ensure that fertilizing, weed spraying and pest control is done accordingly.Ensure all seed crop meets the standard of S.C.C.I.Ensure health and safety measures are adhered to. Soil sampling and mapping for soil nutrition improvement and use in fertilizer implement calibration. Cropping budgets, procurement and reporting. Labour management, recruitment and training. I am responsible for creating and implementing crop budgets, record keeping, producing reports to the Managing Director, regular stock take of fertilizers, agrochemicals, machinery spares and recruitment of labour. Crops grown include NOT ONLY seed potato, ware potato, wheat, barley, seed maize, maize silage, rhodes grass, soy-bean and Peacan nut treesCrop yields achieved include: 4tn/ha soya bean, 9th/ha seed maize, 9tn/ha wheat and 42tn/ha potato seed.

  • Cropping Assistant Manager

    • May 2022 - Sep 2022

    Organising the operational aspects of the cropping section on 500ha of irrigated land and Peacan orchard of more than 30,000 trees (200ha)Coordinating daily worker activities such as planting, irrigation, chemical application, cultivating and harvesting of cropsAssist with budgeting and procurement of the crop requirements in conjunction with management.Ensure that records are kept in relation to cropping and performance as well as stock that is related to cropping within and between sectionsEnsure that fertilizing, weed spraying and pest control is done accordinglyPasture production and management for feedlot and grazing herds. Crops: Wheat, Potatoes, Seed Maize, Barley & Rhodes grass

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  Walbin Acres

  • Lusaka Zambia

  • Agriprenuer/Director

    • May 2016 - Present
    • Lusaka Zambia

    Crop and Horticulture:Maize,Green beans,LettuceWatermelonIrish potatoesTomatoesCabbageChiliBaby marrowCarrots, eggplantCucumberGreen pepper.Agroforestry:MoringaCashew NutLivestock:GoatBroilerFree range chicken.Water managementPump installation and maintenance, machine maintenance, irrigation scheduling, drainage and livestock water distribution.Infrastructure Livestock housing construction, routine road maintenance and fencing,AdministrationRecord keeping, recruit and train personnel, HSE measures, budgets, daily operations, identify cost saving opportunities.

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  ACDI/VOCA

  • Lusaka, Zambia

  • SME Agri-Value Chain Consultant /Enumerator

    • Feb 2021 - Feb 2022
    • Lusaka, Zambia

    Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Provide support to ACDI/VOCA in Collecting data and interact with 300 SME's, Business Advisors and Financial Service providers in various Agricultural value chains specialized in Honey, Aquaculture, Poultry, Animal Feed, Horticulture and Groundnuts. Use ODK survey tool for data collection and record keeping. Carry out Verification survey on Agricultural SME'S part of EDGE. Carry out Annual survey on Agricultural SME's part of EDGE Review data obtained from SME'sIdentify problems in obtaining data

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  Zambeef Products PLC

  • Huntley Farm, Chisamba

  • Cropping Section Manager

    • Sep 2019 - Aug 2020
    • Huntley Farm, Chisamba

    Crop productionWheat, Soyabean, Lucerne, Rhodes grass, Commercial Maize and Maize SilageStoresSilos, chemical storage, seed dressing/storage and toolsGeneral labour and MachineryI supervised 50 general workers and 20 machine operators.I calibrated all farm machinery.Water managementDam, reservoirs and irrigation scheduling. AdministrationReports, budgets, SOP's, Recruited and trained personnel, Health and Safety measures.

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  Apollo Agricultural Holdings LTD

  • Chingola, Copperbelt, Zambia

  • Ranch Manager

    • Mar 2018 - Sep 2019
    • Chingola, Copperbelt, Zambia

    Responsible for 1200 Beef Master Herd.Artificial inseminationGrazing patterns and schedulePasture manangementSilage productionAbbattoir managementRecord keepingVeterinary activitiesLabour and machinery supervisionTMR fomulation

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  Amatheon Agri Holding N.V.

  • Mumbwa, Central, Zambia

  • Crops Supervisor

    • Jan 2016 - Feb 2018
    • Mumbwa, Central, Zambia

    Crop productionWheat, Maize, Soya bean, Sugar bean, Sunflower and potatoeWater ManagementDam control, Irrigation scheduling and livestock water distribution. General labour and Machinery managementI supervised 250 labor personel, 20 heavy machinery operators and calibrated machineryStoresChemical storage, seed storage and dressing, machinery spares storage and implementing Health and Safety measures.

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  SNV

  • Lusaka, Zambia

  • Research Assistant

    • May 2014 - Oct 2014
    • Lusaka, Zambia

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  Chimsoro Farms

  • Mkushi

  • Farm Manager Trainee

    • May 2013 - Dec 2013
    • Mkushi

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  Amiran Zambia Ltd

  • Lusaka

  • Sales Agronomist Trainee

    • Nov 2011 - Apr 2012
    • Lusaka