Young Expert at VDS A’campo - Ghana

YEP period 2020 - 2022, batch 20

YEP Role

Working with Holland Greentech Ghana as an Agronomist. Holland Greentech puts in place protocols for providing unique products and technical services to farmers for the cultivation of quality horticultural crops. My role entails:

• Identification and selection of lead farmers
• Organizing  training for lead farmers and field day activities
• Develop demonstration trials
• Organizing  study groups/ facilitating learning from farmer to farmer
• Developing cooperation agreement with lead farmers
• Marketing  and Sales of seeds

Skills

• Teamwork and collaboration
• Customer care
• Training
• Planning and Organisation

Background

Nationality: Ghanaian
Education: 

• BSc. Agriculture (specialization –Crop Science). Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
• Diploma -Human Resource Management-Orion College

Experience before YEP

• Agricultural Extension Agent- Ministry of Food and Agriculture
• Customer care Associate –Farmerline Limited
• Teaching Assistant -KNUST