Jefferson Peñaloga

Licensed Agriculturist with 7 years of experience.

Agriculture Technician

Meod Pte. Ltd.  – Singapore

March 2021– Present

·        Identify the plants and their problems (diseases, pests, and others).

·        Plan, organize, direct, control, and/or coordinate activities of workers engaged in propagating, cultivating, harvesting and packing various produce to ensure Consistent Production outputs of the farm.

·        Develop and maintain good practices in the farm and obtain/maintain the necessary certifications required by the company and/or Authorities.

·        Train new employees in cultivating techniques: including thinning, irrigation, and pest control. Manage all greenhouse personnel under their direction, supervising their activities and training them in the appropriate techniques for the plants being grown.

·        Monitor/manage and Improve labor efficiency and make appropriate changes in labor crew to meet company goals.

·        Ensure the labor quality meets company standards and actively manage out poor performers.

·        Coordinate biological control dept to monitor pest and disease levels. Leads and advise on crop disease, control of pests and weeds, nutrients improvement programs.

·        Ensure all safety policies (worker safety, food safety, etc) are followed and enforced and ensure strict crop hygiene practices are followed and enforced.

·        Coordinate and liaise to sales department on the daily/weekly/monthly harvest forecast.

·        Responsible for inventory and consumption of goods or materials into Navision.

·        Establish and maintain a program to record crop growth data (weekly crop report, climate, report, crop production, etc.)

·        Must be able to budget and forecast crop expenses and yields.

·        Responsible for inspecting facilities for signs of disrepair, and delegating repair duties to staff.

·        Ensure good plant health development for good quality produce

·        Leads and development of new product and applies best practices and tools

·        Advise and Implement techniques for improving the production of crops and alternative production options.

·        Conducting research, performing tests, collecting samples, performing field and laboratory

analysis to identify sources of agricultural problems and recommending ways to prevent, control and remediate on the growth of the agriculture.

·        Conduct studies during product development process

·        Conducting audit to evaluate agricultural and environmental impact.

·        Supports organization’s intellectual property strategy by documenting data and independent, unique and patentable ideas that results from experimentations and concept generation activities.

·        Supports the development of products through knowledge of the clinical and physical performance requirement.

·        Developing procedures and techniques for solving agricultural problems and improving the efficiency of production

·        Ensure proper development documentation and maintains all relevant SOPs

·        Inspecting of farm facilities for sign of disrepair and delegating repair duties to staff.

·        Develop procedures and techniques for solving farm problems and improving the efficiency of the production.

·        Ensure proper development documentation and maintain relevant SOP’s.

Agriculture Technician 

Department of Agriculture

Caraga, Philippines

June 2020 – January 2021

Research Assistant

·        Collected and gathered data on Nutrient, Pest, and Disease Management and submitted to the Head Researcher

·        Inspected and evaluated farms on Pest and Disease damages and recommended IPM approach.

Field Technician

Syngenta Phillippines, Inc.

Caraga, Philippines

September 2018 – October 2020

 Research Assistant

·        Conducted field demo trials on commercial hybrid seeds variety, population density, fertilizer, pesticide, fungicide, and herbicide trials.

Sales and Marketing 

·        Conducted farmers meeting, promoted hybrid seeds and agrochemical products and negotiated with farmers.

Field  Agronomist

·        Evaluated and solved farmers challenges on pest and diseases, weeds, fertilizer and plant nutrition by recommending relevant products and services

Horticulturist

Intergrow Greenhouses, Inc. –

Albion, NY, USA

November 2017 – March 2018

·        Crop care and maintenance

·        Facility Maintenance

·        Irrigation monitoring

·        Biological insect and disease control

·        Harvest and Post-harvest

·        Greenhouse tear out and reset.

Horticulturist

Todd Greiner Farms LLC.

Hart, MI, USA

May 2017 – November 2017

·        Planted, cultivated, harvest various types of fruits and vegetables like; asparagus, zucchini, pumpkins, sweet corn, evergreens, sweet and tart cherries, peach and more.

·        Post-harvest operations; fruit and vegetable cleaning, sorting, and packing.

·        Maintained post-harvest facility cleanliness

Horticulturist

Hazera Seeds Ltd.

Brurim, Israel

September 2015 –September 2016

·        Grown various types of fruits and vegetables

·        Plant care and maintenance

·        Post-harvest and Seed extraction

·        Selection and Cross-breeding

·        Pollinating and Castrating flowers

·        Irrigation monitoring water quality checking

·        Greenhouse Facility Maintenance and Housekeeping

Irrigation Technician 1

Netafim

Israel

October 2015 – September 2016

·        Irrigation monitoring and water quality checking

·        Irrigation set up and installation

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Plant Propagator

Department of Agriculture

Caraga, Philippines

·        Planted and propagated various tropical fruit tree seedlings

·        Plant care and maintenance

·        Nursery facilities maintenance

BS Agriculture major in Agronomy