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Rohan Roberts
Caribbean / Jamaica
Age: 30 años

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Category: Agriculture
Speciality: Advice on Organic Farming and Good Agricultural Practices (GAP)
Value chain: Potatoes
Province: Manchester
Municipality: Manchester

Mr. Roberts is a young farmer member of the Potato & Onion Producers Association, and has developed the "Mother Farm" model to provide technical advice and transfer of good agricultural practices to farmers near his farm. It also assists farmers to access safe and adequate markets. It makes use of agricultural technologies such as water harvesting, drainage systems, irrigation systems, soil nutrition and pest control.

CAPABILITIES
  • Large-scale intensive production.
  • Use of agricultural machinery and precision farming systems.
  • Development of farm model for agricultural knowledge transfer.
GOOD PRACTICES
  • Development of good agricultural practices for production (use of water harvesting systems, irrigation systems, disease and pest management).
  • Implementation of a "mother farm" concept to provide technical assistance to farmers (soil management, proper land preparation, seed supply and quality).
  • Experience in direct sales through purchase contracts.
  • Recruitment of young farm labour and promotion of good agricultural practices.

SOLUTIONS APPLIED
  • Data recording and production monitoring.
  • Implementation of good agricultural practices.
  • Mother Farm" know-how transfer system.
  • Establishment of trade agreements.
STUDIES AND TRAINING
  • Finance and Business Management, UTech, Jamaica.
  • Good Agricultural Practices, RADA.
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