Luka Wachira
Farm coordinator/Technical assistant.at Ngong Veg Ltd at Ngong Veg Ltd- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Ngong Veg Ltd
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Farming
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1 - 100 Employee
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Farm coordinator/Technical assistant.at Ngong Veg Ltd
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Jan 2023 - Present
• Making sure all agronomical practices are followed by the production team,• Seeing to it all chemicals applied are done as per the scouting report to address the correct pest and disease and PHI is observed.• Ensuring all food safety measures are followed.• Auditing the muddy boots system to see to all farm activates more so fertilizers and chemicals are done timely • Timely reporting on pest thresh hold, checking against the scouting sheets if all pest and disease are captured.• Assessing production block to ensure timely harvesting to attain the required spec as demanded by the customer• Making production projections.• Operating the muddy boots system• In charge of quality and farm hygiene Show less
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Farm coordinator
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Feb 2022 - Jan 2023
• Making sure all agronomical practices are followed by the production team,• Seeing to it all chemicals applied are done as per the scouting report to address the correct pest and disease and PHI is observed.• Ensuring all food safety measures are followed.• Auditing the muddy boots system to see to all farm activates more so fertilizers and chemicals are done timely • Timely reporting on pest thresh hold, checking against the scouting sheets if all pest and disease are captured.• Assessing production block to ensure timely harvesting to attain the required spec as demanded by the customer Show less
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Frigoken Kenya
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Kenya
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Farming
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100 - 200 Employee
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AREA AGRONOMIST.
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Nov 2020 - Jan 2022
• Developing initiatives to mobilize and recruit farmers.• Enhancing yields and quality of produce, consequently increasing farmer revenue.• Enhancing the company’s social license to operate through community-based initiatives and measure any correlation of such initiatives in terms of increasing farmer loyalty and higher plantings and yields.• Conducting farmers training on yield improvements and best agricultural practices.• Monitoring and evaluating all projects that are ongoing in the field and compiling a technical report on the same.• Providing agricultural field extension services to farmers who are growing the company’s beans. And advising them on all crops in their plots• Recruiting more out grower farmers in order to increase the company’s farmer base.• Working closely with the GAP team to ensure only quality beans is produced and delivered to the factory. Quality in terms of customer/company specification PHI and food safety. • Coordinating the corporate social activities of the company that are aimed at supporting farmers groups and student groups in agriculture to help improve the nutritional standards of the society. • Conducting survey and assessments of all growing areas to help the farmers achieve an all-year-round production. Show less
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G.A.P (good agricultural practices) ASSESOR
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Nov 2018 - Nov 2020
• Conduction farmer audits for all registered global gap farmer• Registering new farmer to the into the global gap system• Auditing centers to make sure all documentation is done as required by both the company and global gap compliance criteria• Ensuring that all farmers are trained and records kept both the sigh in sheet at the training material used.• Ensuring all food safety measures are implemented right from the growing fields up to the center.• Ensuring no major must issues are raised during external global gap audits and not more than 5% of the minor Show less
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IGANJO FARM
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Juja, Kiambu, Kenya
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Green house supervisor
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Apr 2018 - Nov 2018
• Propagation of seedlings. • Land preparation. • Hydroponics growing of tomatoes • Scouting and spray application of the correct pesticides • Operating the fertigation system • Marketing of farm produce and value addition. • Repairing or the green houses and irrigation systems • Propagation of seedlings. • Land preparation. • Hydroponics growing of tomatoes • Scouting and spray application of the correct pesticides • Operating the fertigation system • Marketing of farm produce and value addition. • Repairing or the green houses and irrigation systems
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Latia RESOURCE CENTER Ltd.
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Kenya
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Farming
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1 - 100 Employee
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Internship
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Feb 2018 - Apr 2018
Latia resource center Latia resource center
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Education
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University of Eldoret
BSC HORTICULTURE, Horticultural Science