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PERSONAL INFORMATION _________________________________________________________
Justine ONYINGE
Address: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)-Uganda, Plot 15, East Naguru
Road, P.O Box 7878, Kampala
Office Tel: +256 (0) 414 285 060/064
Personal Mobile Telephone (s): +256 (0) 775081954, +256 (0) 751478894
e-mail: jusinge@gmail.com , J.Onyinge@cgiar.org
skype: live:jusinge
Nationality: Ugandan | Date of Birth: 21.04.1986 | Place of Birth: Kaberamaido District |
Gender: Male | Marital/Family Status: Single
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PERSONAL PROFILE and
CAREER
Justine Onyinge is a mid-career professional in Agricultural Research and Geospatial
applications; holding a Master’s degree in Geomatics and Natural Resources Evaluation and
Bachelor’s degree of Science in Agricultural Land Use and Management. Justine is interested
in working with local communities, government, non-governmental organizations and
research institutions that uphold projects aimed at enhancement of agricultural productivity for
improved food security, poverty reduction, sustainable livelihoods and better health such that
we achieve sustainable development of rural communities.
WORK EXPERIENCE ___________________________________________________________________
15th
December 2014 to Date GIS technical person, soil mapping.
Name and address of employer National Agricultural Research Laboratories-Kawanda, P.O. BOX 7065, Kampala
(Soil Fertility and Control Unit, Sustainable Land management Project)
Key responsibility Updating Uganda Soil Map (district level) at scale 1:50,000
Specific duties Soil survey including semi-detailed reconnaissance surveys, soil profile description,
soil classification using World Reference Base (WRB) 2014, soil sampling
Type of business or sector: Soil Mapping (technical work)
22nd
December 2014 to Date Field Liaison Officer (South Western Uganda – N2Africa Project).
Name and address of employer (IITA)-Uganda, Plot 15, East Naguru Road, P.O Box 7878, Kampala
Main focus • Provide frontline technical support to the team working on N2Africa project in
carrying out research “Putting Nitrogen fixation into work for smallholder farmers”
Specific responsibilities • Supervising establishment and monitor on-farm experiments, demonstrations, and adaptation
trials in conjunction with NARO (NARL) research and dissemination partners (WVU, Simlaw
A2N).
• Conduct field meetings, workshops in collaboration with A2N, NARO, WVU, Simlaw seeds Co.
District leaders and farmer associations
• Participating in multi stakeholder platforms (MSPs) in collaboration with A2N, WVU, Simlaw
Seeds Co.
• Overseeing collection of experimental and socioeconomic data of the N2Africa Project in
Kabale, Kisoro, Kanungu, Rakai and Kibale districts of Uganda.
• Making presentations, writing up of technical reports, articles and scientific publications
• Facilitating large scale dissemination campaigns on legumes, fertilizers and inoculants across
SWU, western and central regions of Uganda.
• Implementing monitoring tools to obtain feedback on field activities
• Training partner field staff on tablet based data collection tools using Open Data Kit (ODK)
Type of business: Contract Job

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September to December 2014 Teaching Assistant (Part time basis)
Name and address of employer P.O Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences,
Makerere University.
Main area of focus Soil Survey and Land Evaluation
Subjects of coverage • Technologies for land resource surveys: photogrammetry, cartography, digital,
mapping, GIS,
• Remote Sensing and GIS in soil survey and Land Evaluation,
• Principles of photointerpretation, GPS assisted surveys, soil characterization,
classification and mapping,
• Cadastral maps, soil maps, thematic maps, special purpose maps.
Type of business or sector: Education
September 2012 – October 2013 Research Assistant
Name and address of employer P.O Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences,
Makerere University.
(Strengthening University Farming Community Engagement (SUFACE) Project) in Bukedea
District, Eastern Uganda.
Main duties Coordinating and implementing project activities including;
• Supervision and monitoring of on-farm field activities,
• Setting up experimental sites for cowpea and groundnut trials,
• Conducting meetings and training of farmers on rhizobia and fertilizer use,
• Collecting experimental data on nitrogen fixation, biomass and grain yield,
• Developing and writing progress reports for review by the principal investigator ,
• Managing funds allocated for field activities including purchase of seeds, pesticides,
payment for casual labour in land preparation, planting and harvesting of trials
• Providing financial reports to the project investigator,
• Assisting undergraduate students on experimental work for their final year special
projects,
• Liaising with Bukedea Farmers’ Associations of P’kwii Community Information
Center.
Type of business or sector: Agricultural research
February – August 2012 Research Assistant
Name of employer International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT, Kenya) and Makerere University
(Striga Research Project in Busia and Tororo Districts, Eastern Uganda).
Main duties Coordination and undertaking of on-farm field activities including;
• Establishing experimental sites for maize trials,
• Training farmers on fertilizer use and application,
• Experimental data collection and analysis on soil, striga counts, biomass and maize
grain yields,
• Presentation of results to project funder
• Developing and making progress reports to project investigator,
• Managing finances allocated for fieldwork;
• Taking GPS coordinates for geo-referencing 40 experimental sites,
Type of business or sector: Research collaboration
Sept 2010 - Sept 2011 Data entrant (Contract job)

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Name and address of employer P.O Box 25630, 1st
Floor, Education Standard Agency (ESA) building, Kyambogo–Banda,
Kampala (Uganda)
Main duties Entering data of primary and secondary schools from all over of Uganda
Type of business or sector: Education
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
SYSTEM AND REMOTE
SENSING TECHNICAL WORK
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August – October 2014
Name and address of Client
Task
Main Duties
GIS and Remote Sensing Consultant
1. P.O Box 33011,Environmental Surveys, Information, Planning & Policy Systems
(ESIPPS) International Ltd, Kampala-Uganda
2. P.O Box 5319, World Vision, Kampala-Uganda
Land use/land cover change detection analysis of Adjumani District, Uganda (2005-2014)
focusing on Dzaipi and Pakelle Sub Counties.
• Making use of Landsat 7 & 8 satellite images, spanning a period of 10 years at 3yrs
intervals
• Using USGS earth explorer (EE), global land cover facility (GLCF) and global
visualization viewer (GLOVIS) to download Landsat satellite images for selected
months in the years; 2005, 2008, 2011 and 2014
• Image processing in ENVI and ERDAS IMAGINE software
• Digitizing to generate land use/land cover classes for the selected years in ArcGIS
• Outputting Shape files of the respective years’ land use/land cover classes
• Generating maps in JPEG digital format for the selected years’ land use/land cover
classes
• Presenting tables and graphs of land use/land cover change data
• Developing a summary report of the area change of land use/land cover for the
selected sub counties.
Type of business: Consultancy
July 2014 to date Mapping Specialist
Employer Self employment, C/o P.O Box 7062, Department of Agricultural Production, College of
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University
Main duties • Producing digital maps for lecturers and students indicating research areas and study
sites
• Projecting and displaying GPS coordinates as points (XY events) on maps of project
locations, research and study sites.
Type of business: Self employment/Academic work
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
SYSTEM AND REMOTE SENSING
RESEARCH
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April-July 2014 Land Evaluation in the May Gabat Watershed (Enderta-Hintalo Wejirat District)
of Northern Ethiopia
Position Held Mapping Coordinator

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Main duties • Interpreting aerial photos using mirror stereoscopes
• Digitizing to produce a preliminary and final land unit maps of the study area, using
digital elevation models, aerial photographs, satellite images, topographic and
geological maps, in ArcMap
• Satellite image processing and analysis
• Linking field collected GIS data and relational geodatabases
• Developing and managing common mapping layouts to produce Enhanced Metafile
maps for geology, geomorphology, land use, land cover, soil, land capability and land
suitability.
• Making of reports and developing posters for presentations
Other Research Involvements
September, 2012 - October,
2013
Project: Strengthening University Farming Community Engagement (SUFACE)
Research title On-Farm Productivity of Groundnut under Varying Soil Fertility and Phosphorus Application
Major role Setting trials for 3 groundnut varieties using phosphate fertilizers and rhizobia strains,
planning crop rotations of groundnut with sorghum and multiplication of cowpea seeds
for food security and income, and evaluate for biological nitrogen fixation
Location Bukedea District in three locations: Malera, Kolir and Ongiino Sub Counties of
Eastern Uganda
March – August, 2012 Project: A Striga Research project in collaboration with International Centre of Tropical
Agriculture (CIAT, Kenya) / Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Makerere
University
Research title: Farmers’ Coping Mechanisms and Effectiveness of Inorganic Fertilizers on Striga Control in
Maize Cropping Systems of Eastern Uganda.
Location Busia and Tororo Districts, Eastern Uganda
EDUCATION AND TRAINING ____________________________________________________________________
November, 2013 – July 2014 Master degree in Geomatics and Natural Resources Evaluation
Awarding Institution Istituto Agronomico per l’Oltremare, IAO, (Institute of Agriculture for Overseas) and University
of Florence, Italy.
Principal subjects covered • Cartography, Elements of Information and Communication Technology
• Remote Sensing and GIS: image process, photointerpretation
• Physical and Biophysical Resources Evaluation: climatology, soils, forest resources
• Biological Resources Evaluation: agriculture and land use
• Thematic mapping and GIS modelling: Climate spatial modelling, land degradation
assessment
August 2007 – May 2010 Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Land use and Management
Awarding Institution Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
Principal subjects covered • Soil fertility and plant nutrition, Soil Productivity management and Assessment
• Remote sensing and GIS in Agricultural Land use,
• Land Surveying and Mapping, Soil survey and Land Evaluation,
• Computer Applications, Natural Resources Management,
• Climatology and Field Engineering, Land Use planning, Land Use Impact
Assessment, Land-Atmospheric Relationship
• Human Population and Development, Irrigation Technology,
• Mathematics and Statistics, Biometrics, Soil Morphology and Classification, Soil
physics and Chemistry, Land degradation,
• Tropical soils and their management, Soil and Water pollution,

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March 2005 – December 2006 Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (U.A.C.E)
Awarding Institution Teso College, Aloet, Soroti, Uganda
Principal subjects covered • Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Agriculture with General Paper
February 2000–November 2004 Uganda Certificate of Education (U.C.E)
Awarding Institution Kaberamaido Secondary School, Kaberamaido district, Uganda
Principal subjects covered • Mathematics, English, History, Geography, Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Agriculture,
Commerce, and Fine art
AWARDS and HONOURS
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2014 • Graduated with a Master’s degree in Geomatics and Natural Resources evaluation
upon a successful thesis defence, University of Florence, Italy.
2013 • Obtained a scholarship from Italian Development Cooperation (Ministry of foreign
affairs) to pursue a master’s degree in Geomatics and natural resources evaluation.
2011 • Graduated with honours, second-class upper Bachelor of Science degree in
Agricultural Land Use and Management, of Makerere University.
2007-2010 • Awarded Certificates of merits in extra-mural achievements for leadership positions
and membership held at various university associations.
2007 • Obtained a Uganda government sponsorship to pursue Bachelor Of Science In
Agricultural Land Use and Management for 3 years at Makerere University.
2005 • Upon being the best student in Uganda Certificate of Education examinations in 2004,
Secured a bursary from Kaberamaido District Local Government, to pursue Uganda
Advanced Certificate of Education in Teso College, Aloet, Soroti.
2003 • A prize winner of 250,000 Uganda shillings, after being among the best essay writers
in the East African Community essay writing competition.
PERSONAL SKILLS
Communication skills
• Presentation and public speaking skills gained during research and graduate training
that entailed presentation of findings.
• Ability to work and interact with people of diverse cultural backgrounds, both at
national and international networking.
• Good ability to disseminate information through meetings, technical reports, posters,
and brochures.
• Electronic communication through email, blogs, and social media acquired during
project work at Makerere University.
Organisational/managerial
skills
• Project management and coordination (Coordinated operation of field activities
SUFACE project in Bukedea district and striga research project, in Tororo and Busia,
districts of eastern Uganda.
• Team work and group dynamics: proven ability to operate within a team environment,
acquired during various research activities at Makerere University and during
Masters’ training programme that comprised students from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania,
Ethiopia, Mozambique, Senegal, Argentina and Iraq.
• Mapping coordination, skills gained during masters training in Italy.

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Computer skills • Competent with most Microsoft Office tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access and
Publisher) including basic data analysis.
• Knowledgeable in Website designing using basic HTML
• Competence in Geographic data analysis using ArcGIS, IDRISI, SAGAGIS, QGIS,
and satellite image processing using ENVI, acquired at graduate masters training
• Proven ability to work with relational databases and geographic information system,
especially for data storage, processing and analysis to produce high quality maps.
• Knowledgeable in the use of search engines to download GIS valuable data like
shape files, satellite images, digital elevation models and related metadata.
LANGUAGES
Mother tongue Kumam
Self-assessment Understanding Speaking Writing
Level Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production
English Proficient user Proficient user Proficient user Independent user Proficient user
Langi Good Good Good Good Good
Ateso Fair Fair Fair Fair Fair
Luganda Basic user Basic user Basic user Basic user Basic user
Italiano Basic user Basic user Basic user Basic user Basic user
PERSONAL INTERESTS • Interested in acquiring new experiences in scientific work through active
participations in practical activities.
• I enjoy reading scientific journals and I like sports, especially football and
athletics.

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REFEREES
1. Dr. Peter Ebanyat,
N2Africa Country Coordinator,
IITA-Uganda,
Plot 15 East Naguru Road
P.O. Box 7878, Kampala, Uganda
Tel: +256 (0) 414 285 060/4, +256 (0) 772595440
Email: P.Ebanyat@cgiar.org, peter.ebanyat@gmail.com
2. Associate Prof. Twaha Ali Basamba,
Senior Lecturer (Environmental sciences)
Department of Agricultural Production,
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences,
Makerere University,
P.O Box 7062, Kampala-Uganda.
Tel: 256 (0) 782475422
E-mail: ateenyitwaha@gmail.com
3. Mr. Henry Massa Makuma,
Environment and Geo-information Manager,
ESIPPS International Ltd.,
Plot 9/11 Clement Hill road, Hill view Apts,
P.O Box 33011, Kampala-Uganda.
Tel: +256 (0) 782339411
Email: massahenri@gmail.com