CARPS student

Keheng Basiame is a Motswana pursuing her Masters in Crop Science, majoring in Crop Protection at Botswana University of Agriculture and    Natural Resources (BUAN). She is a first year RUFORUM CARP+ project beneficiary. She completed her Bachelor of Science in Agriculture in 2008 with second class, upper Division (4.2 GPA) at Botswana College of Agriculture, now BUAN. After completing her undergraduate studies, she joined Ministry of Agriculture as an intern in February 2009, getting permanently employed in November 2011 as an Agricultural Extension Officer whose duties includes; providing technical support to arable farmers and conducting demonstrations on crop production technologies and modern agricultural practices. Before permanent employment, Keheng worked as Agriculture Instructor at Thuso Rehabilitation Center - Botswana, where she taught People Living with Disability on horticulture and field Crop production. She believes studying Crop Protection is an opportunity for her to address gaps discovered in her 8 years working as crop production extension officer.