Bernd Seiffert

Bernd Seiffert, Decent Rural Employment Officer, Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equity Division (ESP), Social Policies and Rural Institutions Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Mr Seiffert leads FAO’s work on ending and preventing child labour in agriculture and his previous work in FAO focused on institution building, producer organizations, rural livelihoods and participatory approaches. Before joining FAO in 1999, he worked for different organizations supporting rural development, agricultural and youth development programmes in Africa and Asia.