LONICA ARIS

• Provide leadership and encourage team work to deliver.
• Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in team environment.
  Self-motivated, with strong sense of personal responsibility.
• Cultivated interpersonal skills by building positive relationships with others.
• Managed and supervised program 9 staff at seven branches.
• Ensure proper data collection, storage, analysis and timely reporting using pivot table procedures in MS excel.
• Manage finance with prudence.
• Developed training materials such as “Farm Record Book for Farmers to calculate profitability of Enterprise” and printed 200 books for use.
• Represent organization at meetings, conference and other Events to promote program.
• Improve productivity after reviewing and modify operations and workflows.
• Communicate program changes, strategic initiative and other key Information to program staff.
• Simplify decision making with detailed reports for executive team.
• Developed annual operational plan for program (year 2020 to current)
• Delivered multitask.

i. Team leader coordinating ACIAR Climate Smart Agriculture project in FPDA (2020 to current)
ii. GESI officer delivering Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion related activities against FPDA Incentive Fund Project Action Plan
iii. Officer in Charge (OIC) for FPDA Goroka branch office (March 2021-current)
iv. Team leader coordinating Intervention project in Eastern Highlands developing market-oriented farming communities (2020 - current)

• Conduct program awareness to effectively engage lead farmers in eight districts of Eastern highlands.
• Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.
• Engaged with 55 lead farmers who work closely with 12 contact farmers each to mobilize and produce fresh produce and aggregate them to supply market.
• Maintained monthly supervisory visit to 55 lead farmers and their contact farmers.
• Assist lead farmers to develop their own farm as well as extension work plan to increase production and marketing of fresh produce.
• Conduct farmer training on: Farm record keeping, Nursery Establishment & management, Field Establishment, Plant Nutrition (fertilizer, composting & manure), Pest & Disease control and Chemical safety, Post-Harvesting, Marketing and Family Farm Team (FFT)
• Encouraged equal participation of both male and female farmers to benefit from training.
• Collected and maintained all production & marketing data.
• Prepare monthly report and submit to immediate supervisor (VEW Program manager)
• Passionate about learning and committed to continual improvement.
• Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
• Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
• Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.

• Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
• Conducted Urban Market surveys (UMS) every Wednesdays and Encoding of collected.
• UMS Data (Data Entry) from eight (8) center: Port Moresby, Lae, Madang, Popondentta, Hagen, Rabaul and Wewak for weekly digicel updates to provide instant access to market information.
• Cultivated interpersonal skills by building positive relationships with others.

• Attended to all enquiries relating to fruit and vegetable production and marketing, registering them;
• provided on spot technical information, advice or recommendations where necessary and directing them to appropriate persons/staffs for further actions or follow up
• Gathered, organized and distributed technical information.
• Performed minor cleanliness in office
• Served as point-person for support requests with clients and vendors.
• Prepared technical presentations and other materials for advisory at front desk

• Participated in on-the-job training, working closely with supervisors and coworkers and asking appropriate questions.
• Supported staff activities and helped organized basic events.
• Involved in Agriculture Extension Services. Assisting field officers when needed assistance. by conducting two drought awareness and one training on African yam production
• Worked under supervision of management and helped plan and organize daily work tasks.
• Acted with integrity, honesty and knowledge to promote culture of company.

• Conducted research work on morphology of tomato plant to observe effects of insecticides and fungicides at Lampo village of Bena district in Eastern Highlands, Province, Papua New Guinea
• Experimental trial was conducted to assess whether too much of pesticides karate and eko had caused leaf and shoot deformity in summer taste variety tomato.
• Collected and analyzed quantitative data and submitted meaningful report to PNG University of Natural Resources & Environment
• Executed data mining & analysis and presented findings to management of FPDA.
• Also assisted FPDA field officers by involving in training and provision of technical information to farmers
• Managed time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within deadlines.