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Dr Deeksha Krishna

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Associate Dean Research & Assistant Professor, Department of Soil Science and Biosystem Engineering, College of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Fiji National University Fiji
Dr Deeksha Krishna’s research interest focuses on how climate affects agriculture, soil, and ecosystem function. She has previously worked in IRRI as a Soil Scientist -CSISA, ICAT-GHGMI MRV system setup for GHG emission-agriculture Fiji.
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Topics of interest:
Soil fertility, Nutrient management, Soil and Water Management, Soil and Water Conservation, Sustainable Agriculture, Climate Change with soil health, soil contamination, Abiotic & biotic stress- plant and soil, GHG emission–rice.
Dr Deeksha Krishna teaches soil science courses to undergraduate and post graduate students. Currently she is part of the research team for ACIAR-Landcare project Fiji. She is also a Crawford Fund mentee. She has completed an ACIAR leadership training and UNITAR Women’s Leadership Course in tsunami‐based disaster risk reduction training. Dr Krishna has worked as national expert in Fiji’s setup of sectoral monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) system for estimating agriculture sector GHG emissions for Fiji under Greenhouse Gas Management Institute (GHGMI), through Fiji’s Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) project, MOE Fiji.

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