ETONGWE KENEDY EYAKWE
Agricultural Extension Worker
Buea
Summary
Enthusiastic and dedicated community development and agricultural extension worker with a passion for contributing to team success. Excellent communication skills enable effective knowledge transfer, motivation, and mobilization of communities towards shared goals. Calm and resilient in the face of challenges, demonstrating adaptability. Personable Community Development Officer promoting exemplary talents in project management, policy development, and housing needs assessments. Energetic and detail-oriented approach with a [Number]-year background in shaping experiences that foster community growth.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages
Work History
Community Development Officer
GOC/German Development Bank (KWF)
Mundemba , SW
09.2023 - Current
- Implement collaborative management strategy with communities inside and 3km radius from the biosphere reserve
- Conceive, design and implement alternative livelihood projects with repented hunters and other targeted groups
- Sensitize the communities around the biosphere reserve on sustainable natural resource management
- Monitor and supervise non timber forest product activities in protected areas and provide technical support and marketing
- Carryout participatory diagnosis with targeted communities around protected areas to know areas of intervention
- Identify local support organizations around protected areas and work with them to enforce conservation
- Collaborate with communities around protected area and sign a conservation community development agreement (ccda)
- Conducted online and in person research to identify community development opportunities.
- Communicated effectively with all different personalities and people in various job positions by being courteous, enthusiastic and offering clear feedback.
- Improved community engagement by organizing outreach events and collaborating with local organizations.
- Developed successful community programs by conducting needs assessments and engaging stakeholders.
Divisional Supervisor
Islamic Development Bank/SOWEDA.
Mundemba , SW
7 2019 - 9 2023
- Facilitate timely, effective and efficient implementation of all activities bearing on distribution of good quality seeds/planting material, agricultural inputs (fertilizers, chemicals)
- Monitor implementation of project activities (construction of markets, schools, hospitals etc.) in division/basin and reporting to monitoring and evaluation officer
- Maintain and update list of beneficiary farmers’ organizations, their location and key members
- Develop action oriented implementation axis for specific crops
- Taking into context national policies, incentives
- Export promotion mechanisms, training, quality promotion, certification, standardization
- And partnerships
- Provide advisory services and trainings for good farm practices and household resilience income generating activities
- Execute a strategic action plan for mainstreaming gender in project
- Led a team of professionals, fostering collaboration and empowering individuals to achieve their full potential.
- Influenced development and implementation of short- and long-term strategic plans for division.
Chief of Production
Seed Multiplication Farm
Kumba, South-West Region
09.2015 - 08.2017
- Planning and implementation of project activities (setting of nurseries)
- Creation of monthly action plans and implantation
- Monitoring of personnel (10)under production unit
- Follow up of beneficiary farms
- Sensitizing women and youths to go into coffee farming
- Planning distribution of planting materials and logistics
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to improve product design, ensuring manufacturability without sacrificing quality.
- Streamlined inventory management processes which reduced waste and contributed to cost savings initiatives.
Education
Bachelor of Science - agricultural extension & rural development
University of Buea
Buea, SW 01.2019 - 01.2020
HND - agro pastoral counseling
National Cooperative College
Ebolowa 01.2013 - 01.2015
Skills
Geo-spatial data collection
Survey solutions
Kobo collect tools
Working in war zones
Monitoring and Evaluation
Community Engagement
Project Management
Training
- Workshop on gender mainstreaming in agricultural projects
- Workshop on grievance and redress mechanism
- Workshop on sensitization of gender-based violence
- ArcGIS training and sky technology
- Formulating communication and advocacy strategy for AIVDP (Agricultural and Value Chain Development Project)
- Training on monitoring and evaluation using the theory of change
- Workshop on cassava value chain transformation to quality garri, cassava flour and starch
- Workshop on how to collect data on stream flow rate measurement
- Grievance mechanism
References
- MR RICHARD MOLUA, Value Chain and Cooperative Development Officer AIVDP, richardmolua@gmail.com, +237677686061
- Mr Langsi George Ngwa, Conservator; Korup National Park/PSMNR, langsigeorge@yahoo.com, +237651100072
Fishing ,reading and swimming
i loving going to the river for fishing during weekends at times i swim as well. when i get tired i sit and read books
Timeline
Community Development Officer
GOC/German Development Bank (KWF)
09.2023 - Current
Bachelor of Science - agricultural extension & rural development
University of Buea
01.2019 - 01.2020
Chief of Production
Seed Multiplication Farm
09.2015 - 08.2017
HND - agro pastoral counseling
National Cooperative College
01.2013 - 01.2015
Divisional Supervisor
Islamic Development Bank/SOWEDA.
7 2019 - 9 2023