More than 120 local and international staff from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Seeds of Life work for the program across all 13 districts. Seeds of Life has an office in Dili and three regional offices in MAF district offices (Baucau, Maliana and Same). SoL works closely with the MAF co-leaders to effectively deliver the program.

All job vacancies are advertised on the homepage.

Use these quick links to see who works at Seeds of Life:

Districts: Aileu | Ainaro | Baucau | Bobonaro | Covalima | Dili | Ermera | Lautem | Liquica | Manufahi |
Manatuto | Oecusse | Viqueque | 

Other: Australia | Indonesia | Advisors

Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries co-leaders
Cesar Jose da Cruz, Secretary General		Deolindo da Silva, Director General for Agriculture		Octavio da Costa Monteiro de Almeida, General Inspector		Amaro Ximenes, Director National for Agriculture, Horticulture & Extension		Claudino Ninas Nabais, Director National for Research, Statistic, Geographic Information
Fernando Soares, Coordinator for Regional I		Jose Orlando Magno, Coordinator for Regional II		Donato Salsinha Menezes, Coordinator for Regional III

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MAF-SoL staff by location

Aileu
Cipriano Martins, District Seed Coordinator		Denisia Raquela Soares Brito, Researcher		Maria Martins, OFDT Researcher		Antonio de Jesus, District Community Seed Coordinator		Salvador de Jesus, OFDT Researcher
Ainaro
Armindo Moises, Temperate Crops Researcher		Orlando da Lux dos Santos, District Community Seed Coordinator		Apolinario Ximenes, OFDT Researcher		Natalia de Orleans Amaral, District Seed Officer
Baucau
Julieta Lidia, OFDT Researcher		Luis Fernandes, OFDT Researcher		Antonio Pereira do Rego, OFDT Researcher		Basilio da Silva Pires, District Seed Coordinator		Constantino da Costa, District Seed Officer
Pedro de Jesus da Costa, District Community Seed Coordinator		Rojino da Cunha, Researcher		Joao Bosco da Costa Ribeiro, Researcher		Moises Lobato, Research Station Coordinator		Marcal Ximenes, Seed Analyst
Miguelina Ribeiro Garcia, Administration/ Finance Officer		Antonio Freitas dos Reis, Driver
Bobonaro
Dorilanda da Costa Lopes, District Seed Officer Coordinator		Luis Siki, District Seed Officer		Marcelino Santos Lopes, Community Seed Production Coordinator		Tobias Monis Vicente, Researcher		Luis da Costa Patrocinio, OFDT Researcher
Leon Mauleto, OFDT Researcher		Liliana da Costa Cruz – Administration/ Finance Officer		Egidio da Silva, Driver
Covalima
Hilario Oliveira Mendonca, CSPG Coordinator		Fernando da Silva, Official Seed
Dili
Research
Luis Almeida, Research Coordinator		Abril Fatima, OFDT Coordinator		Ermelinda M.L. Hornai,  Research Coordinator		Luis Pereira, Research Coordinator		Isabel Soares Pereira, Climate Change Researcher
Sosek
Sabilio do Santos, Sosek Officer		Octaviana Ferreira Agostinho, Sosek Officer		Laurentino Ximenes, Sosek Officer
Climate change		Communications		IT		Seed system management		Translation
Florindo Morais Neto, Climate Change		Felix Ximenes, Communications Coordinator		Jonas Amaral, IT Officer		Modesto Lopes, National Coordinator for Seed System Management		Aquiles T. Maia Barros, Translator
Source seed and commercial seed quality control
Odete Ximenes, Seed Analysis Coordinator		Simao Margono Belo, National Seed Quality Control Coordinator		Juliana de Jesus Maia, Administration & Finance		Fernando Soares, Head of Seed Department
Community and commercial seed development
Leo Neto Hornay, National Coordinator for Community Seed Production		Atanasio Cairo Barreto, CSPG Coordinator		Agustinho Ximenes, Support Officer for CSPGs		Virginia Soares, Asisten Administration and Support  Technical		Ivonia Maria Soares Magno, Official Support Agribusiness
Albino Ribeiro, Official Support Agribusinness
Finance						Administration
Cecilia da silva Pires, Finance Officer		Julieta Borges, Finance Officer		Egas Vong, Finance Assistant		Betty Belo, Administration/ Procurement Officer		Alexandra Leite Araujo, Administration Officer
Training								Gender
Anibal da Costa, Training Coordinator		Edmundus Fahik, Mathematics Trainer (short term)						Maria Fernandes, Gender Coordinator
Logistics								Cleaner
Paulino Mendonca, Logistics Manager		Filomeno Cardoso, Logistics Officer		Marcos Fatima K. Moi, Logistic Assistant				Joao Paulo, Cleaner
Drivers
Marcelino Lemos da Costa, Driver		Manuel Marteu de Sa Pinto		Afonso de Jesus da Silva, Driver		Leonel Soares, Driver		Duarte Freitas, Driver
Leonardo Britis Caldas, Driver		Elseo de Jesus, Driver		Armindo da Costa, Driver		Joao Eduardo, Driver		Antonio da Conceicao Isac, Driver
Joao Paulo da Silva, Driver		Jaime de Jesus Riberio Verdial, Driver
Ermera				Lautem
Mario Cardoso, District Community Seed Coordinator				Anibal do Santos, District Community Seed Coordinator		Celestina da Costa, District Seed Officer
Liquica
Paulo Soares, Pure Seed Officer		Nelia Aniceto, District Seed Officer		Jose da Costa R. Freygen, Researcher		Mario Tavares Goncalves, OFDT Researcher		Silvestre Sarmento, District Community Seed Coordinator
Leandro C. R. Pereira, Loes Research Station Manager
Manufahi
Agustinho Alves, District Seed Coordinator		Andre Alves, District Seed Officer		Floriano de Fatima da Santos, District Community Seed Coordinator		Jorge Amaral, OFDT Researcher		Yane Adriana, Administration/ Finance Officer
Rafael Feliciano, Betano Research Station Manager		Marcos Correia Vidal, Researcher		Felisberto A. Soares, Researcher		Raul da Costa Isaac, Driver
Manatuto						Oecusse
Felisberto Soares, District Community Seed Coordinator		Jose Arui Barreto Sako, District Seed Officer				Bernadino da Costa Nunes, District Community Seed Coordinator		Angelo do Rosario, District Seed Officer
Viqueque
Mario da Costa, District Seed Coordinator		Moises Soares Sarmento, District Seed Officer		Amandio da Costa Ximenes, OFDT Researcher		Inacio Savio Pereira, OFDT Researcher		Feliciano Soares, District Community Seed Coordinator
Australia						Indonesia		Korea
Armandina Marcal, on scholarship		Rui Amaral Pereira, on scholarship				Francisco Gama, on Scholarship		Anita Ximenes, Sosek/Gender Assistat

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Advisors (Dili-based)

Harry Nesbitt, Australian Program Coordinator (Perth-based)		John Dalton, Australian Team Leader		Buenafe Abdon, Program Assistant		Rob Williams, Crop Identification & Development Advisor		Samuel Bacon, Cropping Systems Advisor
Asep Setiawan, Source Seed & Commercial Seed Quality Control Advisor		Buddhi Kunwar, Community & Commercial Seed Development Advisor		Carla da Silva, Office Manager		Luc Spyckerelle, Social Science/ Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor		Brian Monaghan, Regional Advisor – Central
Wayan Tambun, Regional Advisor – West		Martin Browne, Regional Advisor – East

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