Krishan Bheenick
Coordinator, Capacity Development and Technology Outreach
Biography
Krishan Bheenick is Senior Programme Coordinator of Knowledge Management, in the Knowledge Management and Communications programme at CTA. He has led CTA’s knowledge management (KM) interventions since 2012. Prior to joining CTA, Krishan was a lecturer in Agricultural Systems at the University of Mauritius; worked as a Programme Manager at the Food and Agricultural Research Council, Mauritius; and spent 5 years at the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat as the Project Coordinator and Information, Communication and Training Officer for the EU-funded project on ‘Implementation and Coordination of Agricultural Research and Training in the SADC region’. Krishan has established several communities of practice involved in management of agricultural information and has been active in global initiatives on agricultural information and KM.
Articles
Growing African agribusiness through peer learning
At the 2018 African Agribusiness Incubator Network (AAIN) Conference and Expo, held from 7–9 March in Dakar, Senegal, CTA held an interactive session on how the incubation of women and youth entrepreneurs in agribusiness could be supported through ICT knowledge sharing and peer learning. As one of the co-organisers, CTA also sponsored 30 participants, comprising women and youth agripreneurs, ICT entrepreneurs, and a knowledge management team.
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A change in perspective
Given that the world’s population is expected to reach 9 billion by 2050, while the amount of arable land remains roughly the same, there is little doubt that agricultural productivity, especially at smallholder farmer level, will have to be improved.
Read MoreTools to keep communities of practice ticking
Krishan Bheenick discusses various online interaction platforms for exchanging information, from email-based platforms and Dgroups to knowledge management blogs.
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Publications
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Effective tools for knowledge management and learning in agriculture and rural development
As part of implementing its mandate to support capacity development of institutions involved in agricultural and rural development (ARD) in the African, Caribbean and Pacific regions (ACP), the knowledge management (KM) team at the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) carried out desk research and analysis of KM methods and tools that are already being recommended and used by institutions in ARD.
events
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Jun 18
Project implementation review in Southern Africa
CTA, in partnership with a consortium of partners from the public sector, private sector and farmers’ organisations, have been implementing a project, which aims to contribute to increased resilience to climate change for smallholder farmers in the region, specifically in Zimbabwe, Malawi and Zambia through the promotion of specific climate-smart agricultural solutions. About 18 part… -
Jun 18
Workshop on the capitalisation of experiences in development projects in Western Africa
The “Capitalisation of Experiences for Greater Impact in Rural Development” project is being implemented in different parts of the world by CTA, in collaboration wit… -
Jun 18
Inception workshop on Experience Capitalisation
During the meeting, a presentation of the Experience capitalisation for greater impact Project to FAO staff and IFAD staff will take place. It will be followed by a Steering Committee meeting of the project, and a workshop to familiarise experts in experience capitalisation with the IMARK e-learning module developed and hold discussions on the use of lea… -
Jun 18
Knowledge management tools and approaches to support agriculture policies, research and extension services
A subregional capacity building workshop on knowledge management targeted at Island States in the North Pacific sub-region. The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) will be elaborating a knowledge management plan supporting its agricultural and forestry policy agenda with national stakeholders from the agricultural stakeholders. Observers from Palau, Marshall Islands and Nauru w…
Projects
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Jun 18
Knowledge management
CTA has accumulated almost four decades’ worth of institutional knowledge on the challenges, context and opportunities that exist for smallholder farmers, which has allowed for the development of training and capacity-building processes.
