NAME: Stevenson Pelegy Noah
CONTACT: E-mail: stevensonpelegy@sua.ac.tz; pelegy84@gmail.com; spelegy@yahoo.com.
BIOGRAPHY
Mr. Stevenson Pelegy Noah is a soil laboratory scientist and agronomist with vast experience in soil, water, plant, manure and organic & inorganic fertilizer analysis. Mr. Noah is specialized in Soil Physical & Chemical analysis for soil fertility management and optimal production of crops. He has 9 years of experience in soil science laboratory activities, university practical teaching, consultancies and outreach activities related to soil fertility management and plant nutrition but also 1.6 year in secondary schools’ laboratories. He holds an Ordinary Diploma in Science and Laboratory Technology and Bachelor of Science in Agronomy.
EDUCATION
B.Sc. Agronomy, Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Morogoro, Tanzania, Nov 2016.
Project Research: Soil fertility status of five soils from Masimbu station village, Mvomero, Morogoro, Tanzania and response of maize (Zea mays L.) to P and S in one of the soil types. Supervisor: Prof. J. M. R. Semoka (PhD).
O.D in Science and Laboratory Technology, Dar es salaam Institute of Technology (DIT), Dar es salaam, Tanzania, Jan 2009.
Project Research: Designing of an automatic night switch.
Supervisor: Mr. J. Muhale (M.Sc.).
UNIVERSITY POSITION
Laboratory Technician, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania: May, 2010 to date.
SEMINARS /SHORT COURSES ATTENDED
29th November, 2018: Food Safety and Environmental Seminar conducted by Agilent Technologies in association with Chemetrix and Tekno Denki (T) held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
19th – 03rd March, 2018: A training on the Use of Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS) held at Chemistry Department, University of Dar Es Salaam (UDSM).
9th November, 2017: Chromatography & Mass Spectrometry Seminar organized by Agilent Technologies in association with Chemetrix and Tekno Denki (T) held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
9th April, 2016: The training session of Opportunities of Organic Agriculture in Tanzania; organized by Tanzania Agronomy of Society in association with Tanzania Organic Agriculture Movement (TOAM) at Sokoine University of Agriculture.
12th December, 2015: 2nd Workshop for Participatory Research Design (WPRD) (that involved discussions between farmers, student researchers and research supervisors to identify challenge issues in crop and animal husbandry as well as how to design research that finds solutions to these critical issues), organized by Sustainable Agriculture Tanzania (SAT) and Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) held at Sokoine University of Agriculture.
2nd – 9th September, 2014: The Soil Doc Training Program (Use of soil testing kit for small scale farming system) organized by Agriculture Food Security centre, Earth Institute/Columbia University and Sokoine University of Agriculture.
7th – 20th May, 2012: Laboratory Technician Training in Soil, Plant and Water Analysis Methods; funded by the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) at the Crop Nutrition Laboratory Services Ltd in Nairobi, Kenya.
TRAINING UNDERGRADUATE PRACTICAL COURSES (technical part)
Soil chemistry (soil sampling, soil pH, soil electric conductivity, CEC, macro & micro nutrients)
Soil fertility and land productivity (fertilizer identification, packaging and storage; soil data values interpretation and fertilizer recommendations for optimal crop production).
Plant nutrition (Pot experiments in greenhouse).
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Member: Tanzania Agronomy of Society (TAS).