DENNIS ABOAGYE ADDO
New Tafo-Akim
Summary
I am a self-motivated agricultural professional with 4 years experience in agricultural extension, project management, leads in community development interventions such CAPs, VSLA, Child labor, Agroforestry etc, and livelihood programs to help improve the living standards of small holder farmers. I’m also an expert in cocoa certification, sustainability ,and agronomy and possesses skills in establishment and management of cocoa nurseries to provide planting materials for farmers.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
SUSTAINABILITY TECHNICAL OFFICER
NYONKOPA COCOA BUYING LIMITED/ BARRY CALLEBAUT GH.
10.2021 - Current
- Maintain all relevant database of the district farmer group detail
- Manage sustainability projects within the district such as district nursery project, agroforestry project, and income generation activities IGA projects such as vegetable production to help improve the living standards of cocoa farmers
- Create awareness (both community and household level), monitor and remediate child labor along the cocoa supply chain within the operational area
- Gives technical advice on good agricultural and environmental practices
- Establish village savings and loans associations VSLA to enable farmers to adopt the habit of saving money to support their various households
- Lead prospering farmer interventions ( register farmers for input package)
- Coordinate client visit
- Ensure 100% registration of all farmers delivering cocoa to the district.
FARM SERVICE COACH
NYONKOPA COCOA BUYING LIMITED
09.2020 - 09.2021
- Provided coaching services to farmers on good agricultural practices
- Registered farmers for Agro input
- Mapped cocoa plots for newly registered farmers
- Undertook Child Labor Monitoring and Remediation System (CLMRS) survey to record and remediate child labor cases along coca supply chain
- Assisted my technical officer in other duties assigned in the district.
NATIONAL SERVICE PERSONEL
GHANA COCOA BOARD- COCOA HEALTH AND EXTENSION DIVISION
09.2019 - 08.2020
- Educated farmers good agricultural practices
- Formed and coordinated cocoa farmer cooperatives within the operational area
- Supervised hand pollinators and CODAPEC mass sprayers
- Undertook farm measurement to enroll farmers with cocoa swollen shoot virus disease CSSVD infected cocoa plot on cocoa rehabilitation program
- Assisted the Agric extension in other duty assigned in the operation area.
INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT TRANEE
FLOSELL FARMS LIMITED
06.2018 - 07.2018
- Collected fries on a daily basis from the brood-stock pond
- Fed fingerlings in assigned fish pond
- Packaged fingerlings for small holder fish farmers
- Fed larger fishes under cage system on the Volta River.
INTERN
MINISTRY OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE (MOFA)
01.2018 - 02.2018
- Assisted the Agric extension farmer trainings, farm visit and other projects assigned in the operational area.
Education
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - AGRICULTURE
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST
06.2024
CERTIFICATE IN GENERAL AGRICULTURE -
OHAWU AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
06.2019
CERTIFICATE IN PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE -
ADIDOME FARM INSTITUTE
06.2018
Skills
Digital literacy , and worked with digital database platforms such as Meridian, Katchile—App, FS-App, Primero and App- Sheet
Good interpersonal and communication skills
Proficiency in MS Office applications; Excel, Word and Power Point
Possesses skills in Pruning and Pollination
Skillshighlights
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Proficiency in MS Office application, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
- Complex problem solver
- Possesses skills in cocoa pollination
References
- MR. RAZAK SEIDU, SUSTAINABILIY MANAGER, NYONKOPA COCOA BUYING LIMITED, ODA SECTOR, 0553035859, razak_seidu@barry-callebaut.com
- MADAM LETICIA DARKOA AFIRIFA, DISTRICT COCOA OFFICER, COCOA HEALTH AND EXTENSION DIVISION, NKAWIE, 0243282966, lafirifa@gmail.com
- DR. JOSIAH TACHIE-MENSON, LECTURER, UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST, 0244512825
Extracurricular Activities
MUSIC DIRECTOR, NATIONAL UNION OF PRESBYTERIAN STUDENTSOF GHANA, OHAWU AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 2018-2019
Certification
Cocoa Horizon Certification Compliance
FERRERO
Forever Chocolate
Timeline
SUSTAINABILITY TECHNICAL OFFICER
NYONKOPA COCOA BUYING LIMITED/ BARRY CALLEBAUT GH.
10.2021 - Current
FARM SERVICE COACH
NYONKOPA COCOA BUYING LIMITED
09.2020 - 09.2021
NATIONAL SERVICE PERSONEL
GHANA COCOA BOARD- COCOA HEALTH AND EXTENSION DIVISION
09.2019 - 08.2020
INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT TRANEE
FLOSELL FARMS LIMITED
06.2018 - 07.2018
INTERN
MINISTRY OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE (MOFA)
01.2018 - 02.2018
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - AGRICULTURE
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST
CERTIFICATE IN GENERAL AGRICULTURE -
OHAWU AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
CERTIFICATE IN PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE -
ADIDOME FARM INSTITUTE
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