Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Extra-Curricular Activities
Research
Local Government Area
Permanent Home Address
Personal Information
Publications
Community Service
Training
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OMATULE LEONARD ACHONU

OMATULE LEONARD ACHONU

Soil Pedologist
Lokoja,Kogi State

Summary

Dedicated and knowledgeable professional with extensive experience in soil science and environmental management, seeking a challenging role where I can apply my expertise and contribute to sustainable agricultural development and environmental conservation.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
11
11
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Soil Pedologist

Rex Forestry Limited
  • Responsible for wetland/riparian delineation
  • Soil depth study
  • Carbon inventory
  • Data entering and cleaning

Tutor

National Evangelical Mission Secondary School
01.2019

Tutor

Christ the Good Shepherd Secondary School
01.2019

National Youth Service Corps

Rima Basin Development Authority
01.2013

Industrial Training

Kogi State University Research and Demonstration farm
01.2011

Assistant Registration Officer 1

Independent National Electoral Commission
01.2011

Technical Assistant to Value Chain Facilitator Rice

APPEALS Project (World Bank Assisted)
06.2020 - 09.2023
  • Providing technical support to farmers i.e beneficiary of the project
  • Assisting beneficiaries in writing a fundable business investment plan
  • Training farmers on the following
  • Community base procurement document preparation
  • The use of farm record book
  • Financial literacy
  • Good agronomic practices (GAP)
  • Technology demonstration on improved varieties of rice (faro 44, 60 and 67)
  • The use of power tiller
  • Integrated pest management

Administrative Officer

Confluence Agro Nigeria Limited
01.2018 - 01.2019

Lecturer

Kogi State University
01.2016 - 01.2018

Tutor

Calvary College
01.2015 - 01.2016

Tutor

Commercial Secondary School
01.2014 - 01.2015

Education

Doctorate degree - soil genesis, survey and classification

UNN

Master of Science Degree - Soil Science and Environmental Mgt

01.2016 - 05.2021

Bachelor of Agriculture - Soil and Environmental Mgt

Kogi state university
Anyigba, Kogi State
01.2008 - 05.2013

Diploma Certificate - Computer Application

Senior Secondary School Certificate - undefined

Dekina, Kogi State

First School Leaving Certificate - undefined

Echeno, Kogi State

Skills

Proficiency in Microsoft Office processing tools

Extra-Curricular Activities

Reading Singing

Research

  • Assessment of Okura water quality for irrigation purposes, Dekina, Kogi State
  • Characterization and classification of Ejule-Ojebe wetland soils, Ibaji, Kogi State
  • Comparison of Soil Organic Carbon Storage and physical properties among four land use types on coarse textured ultisols of the humid tropics

Local Government Area

Ibaji

Permanent Home Address

Flat 16, Godwin Estate, Old poly Quarters, Lokoja, Kogi

Personal Information

  • Place of Birth: Kogi
  • Date of Birth: 02/02/86
  • Nationality: Nigerian
  • Marital Status: Single

Publications

  • Characterization, Classification and soil management strategies of Ejule-Ojebe wetland soils in Ibaji local government area of Kogi State, Nigeria, Int’l journal of agric. And rural deve., 26, 2, 6587-6599, 2023
  • Combined influence of ash and poultry manure on soil reaction and performance of maize (Zea Mays) in a coarse textured acid soil of southeast Nigeria, Journal of tropical Agriculture, food, environment and extension, 21, 4, xx-yy, 2022
  • Organic carbon and water retention characteristics of a typic haplu dult under four land use types at Ndume Ibeku in Southeastern Nigeria, Int’l journal of agric. And rural deve., 25, 2, 6512-6517, 2022
  • Changes in some physical properties of soils and spatial variation of organic carbon storage of soils under contrasting land use systems in southeastern Nigeria, Int’l journal of agric. And rural deve., 25, 2, 6504-6511, 2022
  • Characterization and suitability variation between the levee and backswamp of floodplain with respect to rice cultivation: A case studies of Ibaji floodplain soils in Kogi State of Nigeria, ASRIC Journal on natural sciences, 3, 2, 39-49, 2023, www.asric.org

Community Service

  • Sensitization awareness programme on climate change and desert encroachment, Sokoto, Sokoto, 2013
  • Tree planting exercise (plant a tree), Dange Shuni, Sokoto, 2013
  • Sensitization on environmental degradation, causes and effects and erosion control, Dange Shuni, Sokoto

Training

  • Cancer: let Eat Off, Sokoto, Sokoto
  • The 6th Inaugural lecture, Coronoris Inquest on AU to Psy of the man with the Hoe, Anyigba, Kogi
  • CAPI (Computer Assisted Personal Interviewer) Using Kobo Toolbox and QGIS
  • Good Agronomic practices for increased rice productivity in Nigeria
  • Harvesting and post-harvest management of rice
  • Rice production economics
  • Group dynamics and formation: facilitating youth participation in dry season rice farming
  • Diseases management in rice production, symptoms and control
  • Pest management in rice field and storage
  • Technology demonstration
  • Output survey
  • World Bank Agro Processing, Productivity Enhancement And Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) Project, Kogi State

Timeline

Technical Assistant to Value Chain Facilitator Rice

APPEALS Project (World Bank Assisted)
06.2020 - 09.2023

Tutor

National Evangelical Mission Secondary School
01.2019

Tutor

Christ the Good Shepherd Secondary School
01.2019

Administrative Officer

Confluence Agro Nigeria Limited
01.2018 - 01.2019

Lecturer

Kogi State University
01.2016 - 01.2018

Master of Science Degree - Soil Science and Environmental Mgt

01.2016 - 05.2021

Tutor

Calvary College
01.2015 - 01.2016

Tutor

Commercial Secondary School
01.2014 - 01.2015

National Youth Service Corps

Rima Basin Development Authority
01.2013

Industrial Training

Kogi State University Research and Demonstration farm
01.2011

Assistant Registration Officer 1

Independent National Electoral Commission
01.2011

Bachelor of Agriculture - Soil and Environmental Mgt

Kogi state university
01.2008 - 05.2013

Soil Pedologist

Rex Forestry Limited

Doctorate degree - soil genesis, survey and classification

UNN

Diploma Certificate - Computer Application

Senior Secondary School Certificate - undefined

First School Leaving Certificate - undefined

OMATULE LEONARD ACHONUSoil Pedologist