Roving Technical Officer E: hmbozi@oxfam.org.uk Hilton Mbozi is a Roving Technical Officer in the SD=HS programme. His role is to support Participatory Plant Breeding and Local Food Plants Farmer Field Schools work in the 3 African countries (Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe). He has over 15 years experience in the field of farmer training and farmer-led research. […]

Project Officer E: stephanie.may@oxfamnovib.nl Stephanie works as Project Officer, managing the partner-related aspects of the SD=HS administration. After studying sociology, she worked for NGO’s in different positions, mainly as activism coordinator. She’s the contact person for all partner organizations and for the Oxfam offices in the different countries.

MEAL advisor E: jorge.chavez-tafur@oxfamnovib.nl Jorge Chavez-Tafur works as MEAL advisor, focusing on the M&E and the learning components of the program. An agronomist by training, he worked as editor of a quarterly magazine on sustainable agriculture, and has also worked as knowledge management and capacity development specialist with many different organizations. He is especially interested […]

Lead, Farmer Seed Enterprises E: connie.formson@oxfamnovib.nl Connie Formson is currently leading the work on Farmer Seed Enterprises at Oxfam in the Netherlands. The work on farmer seed enterprises within SD=HS is focused on empowering smallholder farmers as professional seed producers who are able to effectively market their seeds in different markets. Prior to Oxfam she […]

Lead, Farmers’ Crop Diversity Management E: anita.dohar@oxfamnovib.nl Anita Dohar is leading the work on Farmers’ Crop Diversity Management. In the past 15 years she has been engaged in programs focusing on climate change adaptation, agrobiodiversity management, and community-based natural resources management. Since 2013 she has coordinated the work on Farmer Field Schools on Participatory Plant […]

Business developer E: myrthe.meeuwissen@oxfamnovib.nl

Seed Policy Advisor E: bram.de.jonge@oxfamnovib.nl Dr. Bram De Jonge is the Seed Policy Advisor at Oxfam, the Netherlands. In the context of the SD=HS program, De Jonge’s work aims to support the development and implementation of an enabling policy environment for farmers’ seed systems and the implementation of Farmers’ Rights, at global, national and local […]

Lead, Local Food Plants for Nutrition E: gisella.cruzgarcia@oxfamnovib.nl Gisella S. Cruz-Garcia is leading the work on Local Food Plants for Nutrition. During the last 15 years she has been engaged in projects focusing on food and nutrition security, agrobiodiversity and ecosystem services. She has always prioritized the perspectives of local cultures and societies in Latin […]

Seeds Specialist E: frederik.vanoudenhoven@oxfamnovib.nl Frederik van Oudenhoven is Oxfam’s SD=HS seeds specialist, guiding the work on participatory plant breeding in farmer field schools. He has fifteen years of experience working on various aspects of the conservation and use of agricultural biodiversity in many parts of the world, initially with Bioversity International and later by working […]

Scientific Advisor E: bert.visser@oxfamnovib.nl Bert Visser is Oxfam’s SD=HS Scientific Advisor. For twenty years, he was the director of the Netherlands genebank (crops and farm animals) based in Wageningen, the Netherlands. In this period, he participated in a series of projects focusing on-farm management of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. He has been […]