Jacob Alooh

• Managed controlled-environment vegetable production with emphasis on precision irrigation, nutrient management, and integrated pest management. • Supervised quality control and post-harvest handling to ensure market-ready produce. • Supervised a team of workers, coordinating workflows to maintain efficiency and quality standards.

• Investigated barley drought resilience using UAV-based thermal and RGB imaging for high-throughput phenotyping. • Analysed data in RStudio to correlate physiological stress responses with irrigation regimes. • Contributed to academic research outputs and gained hands-on experience in field trial management and sensor-based data collection.

• Hands-on experience across the entire value chain of a commercial vegetable farm, including harvesting, on-farm packaging, and vacuum cooling processes. • Assessed and documented operational challenges, focusing on post-harvest quality, pest/disease management, and sustainable farming practices.

• Conducted adaptation and demonstration trials for new vegetable seed varieties to evaluate performance and farmer and consumer acceptance. • Implemented a tomato variety development program targeting disease resistance. • Delivered technical training to farmers and technicians on seed multiplication and crop management. • Conducted postharvest and market research to align product development with market needs.

• Supported data-driven interventions to enhance productivity for smallholder farmers using the KoboCollect Tool.

• Provided comprehensive administrative support, including drafting official correspondence, preparing meeting minutes, reports, and project documentation. • Served as the key liaison between personnel and senior management, facilitating communication and ensuring operational coordination.

• Assisted in vegetable field trials, nursery management, and data collection for horticultural research. • Collaborated with breeding teams on early-stage seed product development.

• Led a team of scientists in pioneering research that resulted in the identification of community challenges, writing a report, and an intervention proposal for development agencies and the university management office

• Specialisation: Agronomy • Thesis: “Evaluation of compost and Actyva (NPK 23-10-5 +2 MgO, +3 S, +0.3 Zn) on the growth and yield of maize (Zea mays L.) in the Guinea Savannah of Ghana”.