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Shamim Akhtar  Shamim, Farm Manager

Shamim Akhtar Shamim

Farm Manager·Lootah Group of Companies PLC Ethiopia

India

Master's degree, Agriculture

Work experience

Total years of experience: 22 years, 6 months

Farm Manager

July 2024 - Present

Lootah Group of Companies PLC Ethiopia

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

July 2024 - Present

 Prepared and coordinated the implementation of production schedule of exotic vegetable, fruit crops like strawberry for the Export market in hydroponics and field.
 Procurement of exotic vegetable seeds from Holland and United Kingdom and planting Miazaki mango, strawberry, blueberry initaited the sowing of exotic vegetable seeds in Nursery.
 Developed a team of supervisors with allocation of crops and boosted the morale and work spirit of the workers by exposing them to hi tech trainning on cultivation practices of exotic vegetable and explored simple innovative ways to curtail the time of the daily farm operations increasing farm worker efficiency and cutting cost of production. Organised meeting with overseas clients to negotiate contract and sales of farm products.
 Executed the monitoring of daily farm operations and growth of vegetable crops, strawberry and blue berry and organized weekly meetings with farm staff and supervisors to keep update on the progress of work and discuss operational issues with solutions.

Company industry:
Agriculture & Crop Production
Job role:
Farming and Agriculture

Farm Manager & Head of Farm Operations

June 2022 - July 2023

SEEPCO Agriculture Farm

Abuja, Nigeria

June 2022 - July 2023

 Improvised high tech cultivation with scientific techniques on the production of crops like bell pepper, tomato, cucumber, broccoli, cauliflower, eggplant, beans, corns, micro greens, strawberry, mango, banana, citrus, melons, blueberry and cut flowers in green house, open field and hydroponics that spike 40 percent increase in production and 15 % sales.
 Introduced innovative methods in the farm operations with mechanization cutting down cost of production to 20 %.
 Making the farm budget, production and harvest cycles of vegetable and fruits that led to efficient use of resources and timely delivery of goods to customer with hike in 20 % profits.
 Adopted creative ideas in operations like fertigation, spray schedule, planting, harvest, grading and packing that helped to produce quality produce with a positive impression in the market increasing sales.
 Inspired and motivated workers and supervisers by imparting advance training on cultivation practices resulting in record production of vegetable and fruits that led to efficiency by 15%

Company industry:
Agriculture & Crop Production
Job role:
Farming and Agriculture

Farm Manager Cum Head Grower

December 2021 - April 2022

Joshua Flowers PLC

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

December 2021 - April 2022

I am engaged in developing and expanding this new agriculture farm with green houses where in the first phase we have started growing and producing excellent quality strawberry for the export market. Apart from that in the second phase we are into construction of more green houses, installation of irrigation system for growing vegetable like tomato, cucumber, herbs, capsicum, leafy greens in hydroponics as well as in soil.

Company industry:
Agriculture & Crop Production
Job role:
Farming and Agriculture

Farm Manager cum Head Grower

March 2021 - October 2021

Lootah Group of Industries LLC, Dubai

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

March 2021 - October 2021

Developed the master plan for improvement of the farm to make it sustainable and self-reliant.
 Overseeing the development and expansion of Farm through construction of green houses and installation of automatic fertigation machine.
 Planning the production schedule of crops like tomato, bell pepper and strawberry and preparing the budget.
 Monitoring the marketing operation and building relationship with clients.
 Purchase of Farm machineries and ensuring inventory is properly utilized.
 Monitoring the farm sales and revenue.

Company industry:
Agriculture & Crop Production
Job role:
Farming and Agriculture

Farm manager cum Senior Agriculture Engineer

August 2016 - September 2020

AL Lokrit International LLC, Dubai

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

August 2016 - September 2020

1. Green house cultivation of cut flowers, fruits and vegetable in the three farms.
2. Preparing fertigation schedule for all crops.
3. Open cultivation of vegetable and fruits and cut flowers.
4. Irrigation designing and construction of green houses
5. Landscaping in the Projects at Dubai.
6. Oversees the farm operations in three farms in Dubai and one orchid farm in Thailand.
7. Guides, Leads and coordinates with the technical team in execution of the works timely.
8. Cultivation of vegetable and herbs in Hydroponics.

Company industry:
Agriculture & Crop Production
Job role:
Farming and Agriculture

Field officer Agronomist

January 2015 - July 2016

Jain Irrigation System Ltd

Jalgaon, India

January 2015 - July 2016

 Micro irrigation and standardization of techniques for cultivation of vegetable and fruits in green house.
 Conducting technical meetings with the growers and and training on micro irrigation system
 Overseeing activities of professional team and ensuring execution of works timely.

Company industry:
Agriculture & Crop Production
Job role:
Farming and Agriculture

Resource person (Technical)

September 2012 - July 2015

Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour

Bhagalpur, India

September 2012 - July 2015

Standardization of techniques for growing vegetable, fruits and cut flower in green house and training to growers and undergraduate students.

Company industry:
Scientific Research & Development
Job role:
Teaching and Academics

Technical Manager

December 2008 - September 2012

Zopar Exports PVT LTD, Agriculture & Farming Company

Bengaluru, India

December 2008 - September 2012

Managed one of the largest commercial farms in eastern India on diverse agricultural crops under green houses with cut flowers, vegetable and fruits in soil and hydroponics
Directs and monitors the work of the technical officers and guides them in timely implementation of greenhouse projects
Imparts training to junior staff and growers and gives solution to technical issues.

Company industry:
Agriculture & Crop Production
Job role:
Farming and Agriculture

Junior Research Fellow

May 2003 - April 2007

Coffee Board (Research Department)

Diphu, India

May 2003 - April 2007

Research and development on bio fertilizer and organic manure and organic cultivation of coffee plant.

Company industry:
Scientific Research & Development
Job role:
Research and Development

Assistant Manager

November 2001 - December 2003

Ahmed Tea Company

Dibrugarh, India

November 2001 - December 2003

Managing tea estate operations, leading a team of professional field staff and labour management.

Company industry:
Agriculture & Crop Production
Job role:
Farming and Agriculture

Project Manager

October 2000 - September 2001

Regional research laboratory

Jorhat, India

October 2000 - September 2001

 Development of new method and fertilizer trials for cultivation of medicinal and horticultural crops.

Company industry:
Scientific Research & Development
Job role:
Research and Development

Education

Assam Agricultural University

November 1997

November 1997

Master's degree, Agriculture

India

GPA (percentage): 80%

GPA (percentage): 80%

Won the best award for Research experiment of the season in crop growing and production at University. Ranked as the top player in athletics and cricket in inter college festival. Published four scientific research papers on agricultural crop production in reputed scientific journals. Author of an international book on organic farming

Assam Agricultural University

November 1997

November 1997

Bachelor's degree, Agriculture and crop production

India

GPA (percentage): 80%

GPA (percentage): 80%

Adjudged as the best Horticulture project during the four year degree course. Awarded the first prize in literary competitions in interstate college festival. Ranked as the second most player in athletics and cricket in interstate college festival

Skills

Vegetables
Expert
Vegetables
Expert
Fruit
Expert
Fruit
Expert
Management
Expert
Management
Expert
Farms
Expert
Farms
Expert
Organic Farming
Expert
Organic Farming
Expert
Problem solving ability
Expert
Problem solving ability
Expert
crop nutrition management
Expert
crop nutrition management
Expert
Pest, disease and weed Management
Expert
Pest, disease and weed Management
Expert
Post harvest operation of crops
Expert
Post harvest operation of crops
Expert
Green house designing and construction
Expert
Green house designing and construction
Expert
Ability to think critically and take right decisions
Expert
Ability to think critically and take right decisions
Expert
Excellent communication skills
Expert
Excellent communication skills
Expert
Hydroponics of tomato, bell pepper, strawberry, leafy greens, microgreens
Expert
Hydroponics of tomato, bell pepper, strawberry, leafy greens, microgreens
Expert
Installation of micro irrigation system
Expert
Installation of micro irrigation system
Expert
Creativity and originality of thinking
Expert
Creativity and originality of thinking
Expert
vertical farming
Expert
vertical farming
Expert
Making fertigation recipe of all crops
Expert
Making fertigation recipe of all crops
Expert
Making farm Budget
Expert
Making farm Budget
Expert
Soft and hard landscaping
Expert
Soft and hard landscaping
Expert
Team Player
Expert
Team Player
Expert
Green house cultivation of vegtable, fruits, cut flower
Expert
Green house cultivation of vegtable, fruits, cut flower
Expert
Building relationship with clients and coordination with market team
Expert
Building relationship with clients and coordination with market team
Expert
Growing of vegtable, fruits and cut flower in open condition at hot and arid climate
Expert
Growing of vegtable, fruits and cut flower in open condition at hot and arid climate
Expert
Packaging and quality control
Expert
Packaging and quality control
Expert
Nursery management, ornamental plants its propagation
Expert
Nursery management, ornamental plants its propagation
Expert
Manpower management
Expert
Manpower management
Expert
Knowledge on handling of farm machineries
Expert
Knowledge on handling of farm machineries
Expert
Preparation of technical reports
Expert
Preparation of technical reports
Expert
Preparing production schedule and forecasting harvest cycle
Expert
Preparing production schedule and forecasting harvest cycle
Expert
Strong organizational skill
Expert
Strong organizational skill
Expert

Languages

English

Expert

Arabic

Intermediate

Hindi

Expert

Urdu

Intermediate

Bengali

Intermediate

Recommendations

Kelly Loyd

Sep 2023

Sep 2023

Marketing Business Development DirectorPartner

Hello Shamim Akhtar Shamim, I am pleased to share in your connection as friend. I am Mr. Kelly Loyd a member of the Board of Directors at Evolution Petroleum Corporation (USA). I am contacting you regarding our company's quest to give out a 4 (FOUR) year contract supply. Evolution Petroleum Corporation is in need of a product which we require for production. It is affecting our manufacturing capabilities, making us unable to fulfill our supply chains with our clients. In this regard, we are willing to award this contract to any reliable individual or company who can capably handle this contract. If you are interested in this contract offer kindly contact me via my email kellylloyddpetro @ gmail . com I will give you more details about the contract immediately I get a response from you. Best regards, Mr. Kelly Loyd

Kelly Loyd

Oct 2023

Oct 2023

Marketing Business Development DirectorPartner

Hello Shamim Akhtar Shamim I am pleased to share in your connection as friend. I am Mr. Kelly Loyd a member of the Board of Directors at Evolution Petroleum Corporation (USA). I am contacting you regarding our company's quest to give out a 4 (FOUR) year contract supply. Evolution Petroleum Corporation is in need of a product which we require for production. It is affecting our manufacturing capabilities, making us unable to fulfill our supply chains with our clients. In this regard, we are willing to award this contract to any reliable individual or company who can capably handle this contract. If you are interested in this contract offer kindly contact me via my email kellylloyddpetro @ gmail . com I will give you more details about the contract immediately I get a response from you. Best regards, Mr. Kelly Loyd

Hobbies and interests

Gardening, traveling, Reading books.

I won the best employee award in Dubai for my outstanding contribution in hydroponics and farming.