Experience

Practica

• Netherlands
• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Operations

  • Oct 2020 - Present

  Papendrecht, South Holland, Netherlands Managing an organization of passionate WASH and agricultural experts and innovators.

• Water and Irrigation specialist

  • Apr 2013 - Present

  Rotterdam Area, Netherlands Strengthening small African enterprises in the drinking water and irrigation sector. More specifically I’m involved in: • Development of business skills trainings for small technical enterprises • Introduction of low-cost irrigation technologies for smallholder farmers in Mozambique, Ethiopia, Kenya, Zambia, Burkina Faso and Niger. • Training manual drillers on applied geo-hydrology and business skills within UNICEF and DWA programmes in Benin, Guinea, Mali and… Show more Strengthening small African enterprises in the drinking water and irrigation sector. More specifically I’m involved in: • Development of business skills trainings for small technical enterprises • Introduction of low-cost irrigation technologies for smallholder farmers in Mozambique, Ethiopia, Kenya, Zambia, Burkina Faso and Niger. • Training manual drillers on applied geo-hydrology and business skills within UNICEF and DWA programmes in Benin, Guinea, Mali and Zambia • Development of innovative tools and procedures to strengthen the manual drilling sector (e.g. on well siting, data collection and tendering)



Wageningen University & Research

• Netherlands
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Web editor

  • Jul 2012 - Mar 2013

  Wageningen Content migration and editing for the new website of Wageningen UR.



Messica Irrigation Pilot Project

• Fieldwork MSc thesis research

  • Sep 2011 - Dec 2011

  Chimoio, Mozambique I did intensive fieldwork for my thesis research about the role of access to water on farmers’ production strategies and about the tomato value chain, for the inception phase of the MIPP project.



International Student Organisation Wageningen

• Teacher Dutch for international students

  • Jan 2009 - Jun 2011

  Wageningen



Project Kreil - Westvaardersplassen

• Student consultancy

  • Mar 2011 - Apr 2011

  Wieringermeer In a student consultancy project I was involved in sensitive debates with farmers on agricultural living and landscape development. The project was commissioned by FOM Consultants.



COSUMAR Sugar production

• Student consultancy

  • Feb 2011 - Mar 2011

  Beni Mellal, Morocco Student consultancy project on improving the performance of sugar supply by smallholder producers



Erasmus Student Network Wageningen

• Secretary

  • Mar 2009 - Jun 2010

  Wageningen As secretary and board member involved in the daily operation and up-scaling of this international student organisation



Centro AGUA

• Internship Integrated water resource management

  • Aug 2008 - Dec 2008

  Cochabamba, Bolivia I was responsible for the construction of a GIS based database of irrigation and drinking water systems’ management in the Bolivian Pucara basin.