Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
LANGUAGES
Training
Timeline
Gunay Talibova

Gunay Talibova

Wroclaw

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Cultivation and Crop Health Specialist

Primserv LLC
08.2024 - Current

Monitor crop growth and health across various stages, identifying biotic and abiotic stress factors.


Conduct regular field scouting to detect pests, diseases, nutrient deficiencies, and environmental stress.


Develope and implemente Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategies to minimize crop losses and reduce pesticide usage.


Collaborate with colleges and to optimize fertilization, irrigation, and crop protection plans.


Interpret laboratory test results ( plant tissue, pest identification) to guide treatment recommendations.


Ensure compliance with local agricultural regulations and sustainability standards.


Train the staff on best practices in crop monitoring, safe chemical handling, and biological control methods.


Maintain detailed records of crop treatments, pest pressure, and outcomes for analysis and reporting.


Assist in the development and trial of new crop protection technologies and cultivation techniques.


Use remote sensing tools and precision agriculture technologies to enhance crop monitoring and decision-making.

Environmental Science and Biology Teacher

American School of Wroclaw
02.2024 - Current
  • Developed strong relationships with students, parents, and colleagues by maintaining open lines of communication and fostering a supportive learning environment.
  • Managed classroom behavior effectively by establishing clear expectations, modeling appropriate conduct, and consistently enforcing established rules and consequences.
  • Enhanced classroom engagement through the use of interactive teaching methods, such as group projects and hands-on activities.
  • Maintained accurate records of student progress, attendance, and behavior to facilitate ongoing communication with parents about their child''s educational journey.

Open Field Agriculture Consultant

Freelance
01.2021 - 01.2024
  • Company Overview: Various region of Azerbaijan
  • Providing agronomic consultancy to smallholder farmers across several regions in Azerbaijan, focused on soil-based vegetable and fruit production.
  • Barda region – Strawberry production (2021–2024)
  • Consulted on soil preparation techniques, irrigation strategy, fertilizer planning, plant growth regulators, and pesticide application.
  • Supported small-scale farmers in yield improvement and sustainable production planning.
  • Masalli region – Melon, watermelon, and cabbage cultivation (2021–2024)
  • Advised on crop rotation strategy, pest and disease control, irrigation, and fertilizer scheduling.
  • Provided hands-on training on pesticide safety and effective application methods.
  • Sheki region – Flora LLC, Tomato cultivation (Soil-based, ongoing)
  • Providing ongoing consultancy on tomato soil-growing practices including fertilization, pest and disease management, and yield optimization.
  • Assisting in planning eco-friendly crop protection strategies.
  • Novxanı region – Cucumber cultivation (Soil-based, 2021–2024)
  • Consultant for best practices in irrigation, soil treatment, pesticide use, and plant nutrition.
  • Helped reduce crop losses by implementing Integrated Pest Management (IPM) methods tailored to open-field conditions.

Crop Protection Specialist - IPM manager

Baku Agropark LLC
01.2017 - 01.2024
  • Prepare annual plant protection budget (budget for all needed materials and service)
  • Supervise Plant Protection team (12 workers in 20hectare greenhouse), set their daily work.
  • Check diseased plants, identify problem and prepare required action plan.
  • Conduct researches on a different tomato varieties for resistence, productivity, improvement and etc.
  • Filling scouting results in “Crop Scanner” program developed by Biobest with Agritask.
  • Ensure that the greenhouse is scouted on a weekly basis.
  • Keep detailed records of all applications and introductions.
  • Collaborating with government institutes and officials for export issues, documentation and etc.
  • Laboratory work 1- Collect samples and cultivate it, identify pathogen and follow protocols according results.
  • Laboratory work 2-Breeding Macrolophus pygmaeus at laboratory both on an artificial substrate and on different banker plants
  • Conduct required trainings for crew.
  • Liquidation period (June-July)
  • Organizing disinfection related works(removing plant debrisfrom the site)
  • Organizing washing and disinfection of whole glassand metal construction of the greenhouse.
  • Organizing disinfection of allneeded equipment and materials.
  • Seedling growing period (July-August) - Nursery agronomist
  • Organizing and checking all seed grow related works -seed planting, irrigation, protection from pests and diseases.
  • Observing grow speed and quality, organizing process of replacing propagation from nursery to the greenhouse

Education

Course for professionals - Plant pathology

Wageningen Academy
06.2019

Master degree - Human and Animal Physiology

Ganja State University
01.2009

Bachelor degree - Biology

Baku State University
01.2006

Skills

  • Project Management
  • Teamwork
  • Time Management
  • Leadership
  • Effective Communication
  • Critical Thinking

Certification

  • Sustainable Agricultural Land Management online course certificate provided by University of Florida, 2022. Accreditation ID: SJAGDQYNXP73
  • Certified International Trade Professional (CITP) Issuing Organization - Export Quality Management - Azpromo, Location - Baku, Issue Date - 2019-10
  • International English Language Testing System (IELTS) - Issuing Organization-British council Location-Tbilisi, Issue Date-2016-03 Accreditation ID: 15GE001486TALG
  • Global Carrier Institute – Project preparation methods with improving ICT and internet resource for disciples. Accreditation ID: GCI-IAU:B0012
  • Driving Licence certificate - Category B.

LANGUAGES

English (Fluent)
Russian (Fluent)
Turkish (Fluent)
Ukrainian (Basic)
Azeri (Fluent)

Training

  • INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT TRAINING organized by Biobest in Antalya, Turkey, 2021-07-12 to 2021-07-16.
  • I. Theoritical part
  • Learning and understanding the life cycle of main vegetable pests.
  • II. Practical part
  • Preparing introduction plan of beneficial insects to the greenhouse.
  • Feeding of beneficial insects
  • Agrotechnical works helping beneficials’ to grow their population.
  • Compatible pesticides and the mode of action of these pesticides’ active ingredients
  • Ways of the scouting and monitoring, observing the improvement of pests and enthomophagous' generation.
  • INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT TRAINING in KRASNODAR, RUSSIA, 2019-11-19 to 2019-11-22.
  • Effective use of entomophagous
  • Choosing compatible pesticides with predator and parasite insects (entomophagous) of pests
  • Main economically important pests biology and choosing effective integrated pest management strategies against them.

Timeline

Cultivation and Crop Health Specialist - Primserv LLC
08.2024 - Current
Environmental Science and Biology Teacher - American School of Wroclaw
02.2024 - Current
Open Field Agriculture Consultant - Freelance
01.2021 - 01.2024
Crop Protection Specialist - IPM manager - Baku Agropark LLC
01.2017 - 01.2024
Wageningen Academy - Course for professionals, Plant pathology
Ganja State University - Master degree, Human and Animal Physiology
Baku State University - Bachelor degree, Biology
Gunay Talibova