COLLEN RANTSAPE NTLOANA
Extension and advisory programme coordinator
Mmametlhake Village
Summary
Agricultural Intern supporting plant improvement compliance, import permit processing, and cultivar registration under the Plant Improvement Act. Reviews applications, checks propagation quantities, and maintains a cultivar database and variety list for publication. Contributes to policy implementation and sustainable grain production programs through accurate recordkeeping and administrative support.
Overview
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years of professional experience
Work History
Acting crop production section Manager
Thembisile Hani Local Municipality in Mpumalanga Department of Agriculture Rural Development Land and Environmental Affairs
01.2019 - 01.2025
- DUTIES: CROP PRODUCTION SECTION MANAGER
- Key Result Areas:
- 1. To promote knowledge, transfer and skills development as the foundation for equitable, productive, competitive, profitable and sustainable agricultural value chain enterprises
- 2. Compile and implement the Municipality annual performance plan/ operational according to the strategic plan of the department
- 3. To manage the access by farmers to comprehensive technical support through competitive and specialized advisory services
- 4. Implementation of legislation regulating registration of plant varieties
- 5. Enforcing the Fertilizers, Farm Feeds, Stock Remedies and Agricultural Remedies Act, 1947 (Act No. 36 of 1947). During distribution of fertilizers to smallholder and commercial farmers.
- 6. Enforcing plant breeding and legislation regulating registration of plant varieties, including the Plant Breeder’s Rights Act when purchasing, distributing and planting seeds or propagation material.
- 7. To support, advise and coordinate the implementation of National Policy on Food and Nutrition Security
- 8. To increase household level food security through the implementation of appropriate household level interventions (Phezukomkhono Mlmi)
- Monitoring that the households are benefiting from food security initiatives
- Ensuring that hectares are cultivated for food production in subsistence areas, smallholder
- Ensuring that food gardens are established and / or maintained.
- Manage the creation of EPWP jobs through Phezukomkhono
- 9. To Provide strategic leadership and effective Management in the Municipality.
- 10. Planning, preparing and managing budget according to the Public Finance Management Act and Treasure Regulations (PFMA) prescript
- 11. Participate in strategic planning of the Province
- 12. ProgramME and project management
- ACTIVITIES:
- Ensuring that smallholder, subsistence and commercial farmers are supported with technical advice.
- Ensuring that all extension methodologies are well implemented
- Monitoring that the households are benefiting from food security initiatives
- Ensuring that hectares are cultivated for food production in subsistence areas, smallholder farming areas and land reform projects (commercial areas).
- Ensuring that food gardens are established and / or maintained.
- Manage the creation of EPWP jobs through Phezukwemkhono Mlmi program.
- Facilitating the mobilizing of farmers within the municipality to established cooperatives (Primary and Secondary cooperatives), linking them with markets, financial institutions
- Identify training needs and organize training with accredited institutions
- Ensuring performance evaluation of staff members
- Compile monthly reports with listing for departmental indicators in the Municipality
- 2019-2025 Acting crop production section Manager in Thembisile Hani Local Municipality in Mpumalanga Department of Agriculture Rural Development Land and Environmental Affairs
Agricultural Advisor level I
Mpumalanga Department of Agriculture Rural Development Land and Environmental Affairs
01.2010 - 01.2018
- DUTIES: AGRICULTURAL ADVISOR LEVEL I
- Facilitate Phezukwemkhono Mlmi program (PKM) in Thembisile Hani Local Municipality and making sure the targeted hectares are reached
- Enforcing the Fertilizers, Farm Feeds, Stock Remedies and Agricultural Remedies Act, 1947 (Act No. 36 of 1947). During distribution of fertilizers to smallholder and commercial farmers
- Programme & project management
- Design activity schedule for the implementation of PKM
- Organizing and coordinating PKM awareness campaigns
- Making sure that all PKM clients are registered, and a database is created
- Verify all hectares registered if they correspond with actual hectares in the field before the beginning of the season.
- Facilitate the Distribution of seeds and fertilizers to subsistence and smallholder farmers.
- Provide farmers with specialized advice on crop production
- Facilitate and conducting demonstrations for subsistence farmers
- Organize farmers’ meetings; interact with local municipality and other strategic partners to assist farmers
- Assist recapitalization beneficiaries with sunflower maize and Lucerne cultivation
- Conduct Crop yields/estimates of maize at the farms
- Farm visits and day to day interaction with farmers to advice on how to produce vegetables and market their produce
- Liaise with FET or other stakeholders to provide training Mobilize and organize farmers to attend accredited and non-accredited trainings
- Organize and coordinate farmer’s information days
- Assist Land Reform farmers with specialized advice
- Verify all acknowledgments and invoices if they are signed by clients
- 2010-2018 Employed as an Agricultural Advisor level I at Mpumalanga Department of Agriculture Rural Development Land and Environmental Affairs in the Extension and advisory services under crop production unit.
Internship program
Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries in the plant Production Directorate under Plant Improvement Act (Act no 53 of 1976) unit
01.2009 - 01.2010
- DUTIES: PLANT IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1976 (ACT NO 53 OF 1976)
- Responsible for enforcing the plant improvement act of 1976(Act no 53 of 1976)
- Receive applications to authorize imports in different port of entries in South Africa
- Checking material to be imported on the application form whether plant health or plant improvement does not regulate them
- Check the number of propagatin3/2/1/2023/217g materials if they don’t exceed the recommended quantities to be imported
- Issue a permit and save applications on the database
- Register all cultivars that must be sold commercially in South Africa
- Design a database to keep all names of cultivars that are sold in South Africa and Create a variety List and submit it for publication
- Implement and promote Policies to support production of grain crops
- Implement and promote sustainable production practice for food grain crops
- Implement programs for improving production of food grain crops
- Checking material to be imported on the application form whether plant health or plant improvement does not regulate them
- 2009-2010 completed an internship program at the Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries in the plant Production Directorate under Plant Improvement Act (Act no 53 of 1976) unit. Under the supervision of Ms Joan Sadie
Education
BSc - Agric Crop Science
Northwest University Mafikeng Campus
Mafikeng01-2006
Grade 12 senior certificate - undefined
Mmametlhake High school
Mmametlhake01-2002
Skills
- Programme and project management
- Policy development and analysis
- Financial planning and management
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Budget management
- Report writing
- Research and data analysis
- Stakeholder coordination
- Presentation skills
- Communication skills
Timeline
Acting crop production section Manager
Thembisile Hani Local Municipality in Mpumalanga Department of Agriculture Rural Development Land and Environmental Affairs
01.2019 - 01.2025
Agricultural Advisor level I
Mpumalanga Department of Agriculture Rural Development Land and Environmental Affairs
01.2010 - 01.2018
Internship program
Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries in the plant Production Directorate under Plant Improvement Act (Act no 53 of 1976) unit
01.2009 - 01.2010
Grade 12 senior certificate - undefined
Mmametlhake High school
BSc - Agric Crop Science
Northwest University Mafikeng Campus