chris claes

Antwerp Area, Belgium Belgium

Executive Director at Rikolto (VECO)

Chris has 25 years of experience in supporting sustainable agriculture and food initiatives, mainly through the development and implementation of programs to enhance the capacities of farmer organizations as business organizations, linking them to a big variety of actors like agri-finance and other service providers, designing and facilitating fair relationships between farmer organizations and private companies within the food chain and advocating for an enabling institutional environment. His experience lies mainly in Latin America and Europe, but has also been involved in a large number of initiatives in Africa and South-East Asia. He has a large experience as board member of various...