About Gift Guvamombe

  • Highest Qualification Diploma level
  • Gender Male
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About me

l have more than 8 years working in the agricultural sector. My first real job was in 2014 when l worked as a farm manager at a farm in Goromonzi for 16 months. From 2016 to 2020 l was working as an agro-vet technician at Farm and City Harare hardware. In 2020, l moved to an agrochemical company where i was working as a sales agronomist until 2021. In 2021, l also had a brief contract with Mashonaland tobacco company working as a leaf technician before moving to South Africa where l have been working as an agronomist for an agrochemical company since 2021. l am working with sugarcane and horticultural farmers. l am a team player and always strive to meet my targets and deadlines.

Education

  • 2022 - 2022
    South African Sugar Research Institute

    Senior certificate in sugarcane farming

    I have passed in the senior certificate in sugarcane farming with a distinction from SASRI.

  • 2011 - 2014
    Gwebi Agricultural College

    Diploma in Agriculture

    l passed with a merit and the diploma encompasses all 4 major aspects of agriculture namely crop production, animal production, agricultural engineering and Farm agribusiness.

Experience

  • 2021 - Present
    Terrasurveys SA

    Agronomist

    Advising sugarcane farmers on chemicals and fertilisers to use.
    Advising horticultural farmers on chemicals and fertilisers to use.
    Selling agrochemicals to farmers.
    Establishing new relationships for the company

  • 2021 - 2021
    Mashonaland technician

    Leaf technicican

    Recruiting growers for the company
    Advising farmers on good, recommended tobacco barns to build.
    Training farmers on tobacco nursery establishment

  • 2020 - 2021
    Expert choice agrochemicals

    Sales Agronomist

    Selling agrochemicals to farmers
    Advising farmers on agrochemicals to use and drafting crop budgets for them.
    Establishing new relationships for the company.

  • 2016 - 2020
    Farm and City Harare Hardware

    Agro-Vet technician

    Selling agrochemicals and vet medicines to farmers
    Advising farmers on good farming practices
    Drafting crop and animal budgets for farmers
    Assisting farmers with vaccinations and spray programs

  • 2014 - 2016
    Wedenga Farm

    Farm manager

    Growing cash crops such as commercial maize, soya beans, sugar beans and tobacco
    Growing horticultural crops such as cabbages, tomatoes, carrots
    Piggery management of over 100 pigs
    Beef cattle management

  • 2012 - 2013
    Irvine's Zimbabwe

    Student on attachment

    Breeding and rearing of grand parent broilers and layers as well as beef cattle farming with more than 1000 cattle.

Expertise

dog grooming

Languages

English
Proficient
Shona
Proficient