GOOSSENS, Christophe

Program coordinator, representative of ADG in Cambodia; rural development specialist, main background is on agriculture focusing on natural resources management, sustainable agriculture production, and in small-scale farmers’ socioeconomic development.

Christophe Goossens is the Representative of ADG (www.ong-adg.be) in Cambodia. Rural development specialist, his main background is on agriculture focusing on natural resources management, sustainable agriculture production, and in small-scale farmers’ socioeconomic development. He worked in many Asian and Middle-East countries for International Agencies and as private consultant.

Christophe Goossens applies value-chain development approaches during his last decades of assignments in Myanmar, Vietnam and Cambodia, where he assisted the establishment of farmers’ collective structures to access market, to supply inputs and lobby, and the elaboration of quality and social standards.