James Kibiru

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nt***s5@gmail.com

Skills

Agriculture
Office management
Product management
Teaching
Adobe Photoshop
English and Kiswahili
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Experience

James Kibiru

Work experience

Field extension supervisor at Limbua group limited

June, 2021 - August, 2023
Fulltime

Responsibilities:
● Training of extension officers on matters concerning agronomy practices in avocado and macadamia
● Training of nursery personnel on good agricultural practices and handling of seedlings and cuttings
● Recruitment of farmers into companies special programmes such as demeter, cassava value addition
● Carrying out regular training to farmers in different regions to ensure crop production follows organic
guidelines as stipulated under NOP or EU/bio-suisse rules.
● Ensuring that all authorized inputs reach farmers in a timely manner.
● Strict supervision to ensure daily targets are met by the team.
● Under my tenure, we managed to train 10,000 farmers on both organic farming and fair for life
certifications
● Under my tenure I was charged with a team of extension officers towards the recruitment of new
farmers blocks by region and we hit a farmer membership of 500 farmers all under 2 months.
● I have managed to train field extension officers on disease diagnosis and identification and also what to
do in order to control them in order for them to gain full proficiency.
● Under my tenure I have managed to create an orientation programme to new incoming employees to
ensure that they are relaxed and proficient enough to do the job.

James Kibiru

Work experience

Propagation Agronomist and Grower at Plantech Kenya Limited

December, 2019 - May, 2021
Fulltime

Working in conjunction with the cuttings manager to ensure production in the rooting area is on track.
● Responsible for rooting of over 50 varieties of crops from tissue culture material and cuttings of plants
such as cut flowers, herbs and trees e.g chrysanthemums,phlox, veronica, grafted roses, asters,
oregano, tarragon, rosemary etc.
● Determining and implementing decisions involving propagation of cuttings in the rooting area
such as fertilization, spray and irrigation programs.
● Operating advanced climate control computers to facilitate better rooting of cuttings.
● Creating a clear database and writing reports on plants on the table and submitting them to the
propagation manager.
● Supporting and implementation of production trials of different cuttings
● Diagnose pest and disease problems and initiate the right solutions.
● Management, training and control of staff and ensuring they meet daily
production targets.
● Setting Misting and fogging programs in the climate control computers such as the NMC and Vifra
fogging system.
Achievements
● Reduced the growing period of chrysanthemum cuttings from 21 days to 15 days by implementing
necessary production operations hence meeting the client’s needs.
● Implemented phytosanitary measures and standards in the rooting area leading to reduction of pest
and disease risk thus increasing the quality of plants produced.
● Developed rooting program for eucalyptus cuttings with a 85% success rate which led to
establishment of a mother stock section of eucalyptus tree within the company.
● Daily achievement of the set KPI’s