OLUFEMI OLADEJO ADIGUN
Farmer
Ibadan
Summary
A farmer with over 13 years of agriculture related experience, ranging from simple farm labour to leading, supervising and consulting for agricultural organisations and individual farms on new farm projects as well as sustaining existing ones. I have recruited, trained and led groups of farm workers on sustainable and organic farming methods. I have built, repurposed, reorganised, managed and sustained plantations. I have hands on experience with animals such as pigs, rabbits, poultry and snails. Experiences with plants include, maize, cassava, lady fingers, castor oil plant, Moringa, sweet potato, cow pea, Green Banana, Pineapple, Soursop, Cherimoya, Sweet Sop, Guava, vegetables and a variety of ornamental plants. A highly qualified and self-motivated graduate of Geography. Critical about keeping to set rules. Loves adventures in the countryside. Passionate about everything farming.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Director of Operations
Ranch D’Oleifera
01.2010 - Current
- Recruiting, training, supervising and overseeing farm workers, farm tasks and schedule
- Initiating innovative methods of sustainable agricultural methods like crop rotation and weed management
- Using organic waste to fertilize plantations
- Pollination of fruit trees like soursop and cherimoya trees and induction of pineapples for fruiting
- Performing manual labor like weeding, hoeing, shoveling, cutting and trimming of trees
- Leading teams to prune trees and reclaim new fields to develop new plantations
- Created fire breakers that saved several hectares of crops from annual blazes
- Loads and unloads pineapple fruits and other crops.
Crop Manager
Hambol Farms & Poultry, Arikuyeri Lagelu LGA
09.2019 - 08.2023
- Managing farming activities, Hiring of seasonal, and annual labour for yearly farm activities
- Overseeing teams to execute seasonal farm projects
- Application of insecticides and fungicides to tree crops and fruits
- Planted 38,000 pineapple suckers
- Team lead on fertilizer application to over 38,000 pineapple trees
- Spearheading farm staff in establishing new pineapple plantation fields
- Created layout designs for planting crops
- Supervised weed management in pineapple plantations to prevent overgrowth.
Farm Supervisor/manager
Bobs Integrated farms Iroko
07.2017 - 04.2020
- Liaising with farm staff and casual workers in executing daily tasks and schedules
- Established various plantations of papaya, moringa, pineapple, cow pea, sweet potato, cocoyam, yam, cassava, maize, and green banana
- Improved weed managements techniques for crops using sustainable alternative methods; with perennial tree parts like barks, leaves and branches to suppress weed growth
- Formulated and prepared organic pesticides for crop application
- Applied processed animal waste to plantations and soils
- Handled farm machineries like ploughs, mowers and tillers to prepare fields for new plantation
- Prepared nursery for various crops before transplanting to fields
- Joined teams in castrating pigs
- Assisted with feeding poultry birds, administration of medicines and vaccines
- Formulated deterrent systems against ant invasion in poultry
- Repaired and maintain rabbit burrows whilst ensuring their safety, health and hygiene
- Ensured rabbits burrow and pig sty tags and tiles remained visible
- Also kept mating records for both pigs and rabbits
- Innovated store keeping and kept a well detailed inventory for farm equipment and animal food supplies which decreased pilfering to about 70% and wastages to about 50%
- Introduced moringa leaves to rabbit feeding which abated stomach bloating and decreased mortality by 50% in the first year and 80% in subsequent years
- Led teams in fruit picking and harvesting
- Selling and marketing of fruits and selling of rabbit and pork meat.
Pineapple plantation manager
06.2017 - 05.2019
- And consultant on Asiyanbi Farms, Designed layout and spacing for planting 20,000 pineapple suckers
- Coordinated teams for land preparation
- Provided weed management strategies that eliminated competition and improved crop growth
- Induced over 10,000 pineapple suckers that led to the fruiting and production of pineapple fruits
- Provided marketing services and sales of thousands of pineapple fruit which made the farm to post profits for the first time since its existence
- Spearheaded the lining and planting of green bananas
- Pineapple plantation manager and consultant on Shakin Farms, Iyana offa, Ibadan.
Farm consultant
09.2018 - 03.2019
- On Pineapple production at Nassar Farm Ikoyi, Supervised weed management strategies for pineapples plantation by using the right herbicide mix for weed control
- Induced over 3000 pineapple stands
- Pineapple layout, design and planter on Akanbi Farm, Olupona, Osun.
06.2018 - 07.2018
- Created new fields for establishing pineapple plantation using ploughs and spraying herbicides for weed suppression
- Planted 12,000 pineapple suckers using modern acceptable spacing and layout designs.
team lead
Crop Planter on Sunday Farms
05.2014 - 05.2015
- Worked as, that intercropped 20,000 pineapple suckers with 1,000 green banana suckers
- Used traditional agricultural practices to keep plantations weed free
- Ijaiye, Moniya Ibadan
03.2014 - 08.2014
- Planted 2 hectares of maize and half hectare of cassava on challenging topography
- Sprayed herbicides on scheduled bases to control weeds in cassava and maize plantation.
Education
Certificate Course in Agricultural Science- Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Alison -
2023
Short Course in Sustainable and Organic Farming, Songhai Porto-Novo, Republic of Benin -
2017
B. Sc] - Geography
University of Ilorin
2005
International School Ibadan (SSCE)
1999
Skills
- Able to lift 35kilograms without assistance
- Knowledge of Harvesting and farming best practices
- Excellent hand-eye coordination
- Physical Stamina
- Technical Skills
- Good communication skills
- Ambidextrous
- Ability to work in 30o C heat for 4 hours without break
- Proficient in English Language both written and in word
- Pest control
- Weeding
- Paying attention to detail
- Able to work long hours
- Ample knowledge of herbicides which can be mixed for effective application
- Operate farm equipments like Sprayers, light trucks, ploughs and tractors
- Preparation and application of compost for application to soils and plant
- Transplanting seedlings from nursery to fields with low mortality
- Pollination of fruits that require physical pollinators such as sour-sop and cherimoya
- Inducing pineapple trees
- MS Word Computer skills
- Ability to detassel and pollinate in maize cross breeding
- Professional Memberships
- Certified Entrepreneur from Entrepreneurial Development Centre, Ibadan
- Materials Planning and Logistics
Timeline
Crop Manager
Hambol Farms & Poultry, Arikuyeri Lagelu LGA
09.2019 - 08.2023
Farm consultant
09.2018 - 03.2019
06.2018 - 07.2018
Farm Supervisor/manager
Bobs Integrated farms Iroko
07.2017 - 04.2020
Pineapple plantation manager
06.2017 - 05.2019
team lead
Crop Planter on Sunday Farms
05.2014 - 05.2015
03.2014 - 08.2014
Director of Operations
Ranch D’Oleifera
01.2010 - Current
Certificate Course in Agricultural Science- Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Alison -
Short Course in Sustainable and Organic Farming, Songhai Porto-Novo, Republic of Benin -
B. Sc] - Geography
University of Ilorin
International School Ibadan (SSCE)
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