About

Agronomist with 8+ years of combined experience spanning crop production support, field agronomy, farmer training, and agri-tech product advisory, including over 4 years at Apollo Agriculture. Proven record designing and delivering field trials and demo plots at scale (200+ maize demos across 18 counties), running soil-to-recommendation advisory for 250+ farmers, and shaping input products such as Apollo's onion bundle through hands-on crop trials. Skilled at translating agronomic research and field data into practical guidance for both farmers and field teams, with a BSc in Crop Science from Kenyatta University

Skills

  • • Leadership skills • Conflict resolution •
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  • Product Research
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  • Training and mentoring
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Experience

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Work experience
  • Assisted the Data Verification(DV) team with audits of agronomy advisory check-in tasks done by the field officers and coordinated virtual capacity building with their 10+ field sales managers on key knowledge gaps.
  • ● Assisted in the development of agronomy content AI for 300+ field officers for easy farmer advisory.
  • ● Coordinated establishment of 3 onion demos in Nyeri, which served as farmer learning centres covering 100+ farmers.
  • ● Co-delivered 200+ maize demonstration set-ups across 18 counties in Kenya, showcasing improved agronomic practices and input products to raise smallholder yields.
  • ● Trained farmers in Mt Elgon on onion seed quality checks, nursery establishment, transplanting, nutrition, and crop protection — field learning that directly shaped Apollo's onion input bundle now running in Nyeri County and Mt Elgon.
  • ● Coordinated soil sample collection, testing, and results interpretation for 250+ farmers in Kakamega and Bungoma, converting lab data into input recommendations.
  • ● Co-developed and delivered general agronomy training for Field Officers and Field Sales Managers, strengthening front-line farmer advisory on technical issues.

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