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| − | '''Anthony Ralph Fitzherbert OBE''' is | + | '''Anthony Ralph Fitzherbert OBE''' is a British agricultural expert who worked for the [[FAO]] in [[Asia]]. After the 2001 [[invasion of Afghanistan]], he was a special adviser to the [[FAO]] in that country. He has written reports for them about the crop yields there.<ref>https://iwpr.net/global-voices/beauty-and-beast</ref> |
{{QB|He has unique knowledge of working, traveling and living in all parts of the country through many years of warfare and tension. He has penetrated Afghan life at a level that few outsiders have ever reached- particularly focusing on rural development, on natural resource management and on all matters of agriculture and husbandry, including the vexed question of poppy production.<ref>https://www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/events/cumbria-talk-by-anthony-fitzherbert-obe</ref>}} | {{QB|He has unique knowledge of working, traveling and living in all parts of the country through many years of warfare and tension. He has penetrated Afghan life at a level that few outsiders have ever reached- particularly focusing on rural development, on natural resource management and on all matters of agriculture and husbandry, including the vexed question of poppy production.<ref>https://www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/events/cumbria-talk-by-anthony-fitzherbert-obe</ref>}} | ||
Anthony Fitzherbert is/was a member of the [[Institute for Statecraft]]. | Anthony Fitzherbert is/was a member of the [[Institute for Statecraft]]. | ||
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| Born | January 1939 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Cumbria, England | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Reading University | ||||||||||||||||||
| Member of | Institute for Statecraft | ||||||||||||||||||
| Interests | Afghanistan | ||||||||||||||||||
Institute for Statecraft member and former FAO Programme manager in Afghanistan who co-authored research on crop yields.
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Anthony Ralph Fitzherbert OBE is a British agricultural expert who worked for the FAO in Asia. After the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan, he was a special adviser to the FAO in that country. He has written reports for them about the crop yields there.[3]
He has unique knowledge of working, traveling and living in all parts of the country through many years of warfare and tension. He has penetrated Afghan life at a level that few outsiders have ever reached- particularly focusing on rural development, on natural resource management and on all matters of agriculture and husbandry, including the vexed question of poppy production.[4]
Anthony Fitzherbert is/was a member of the Institute for Statecraft.
Background
Anthony Fitzherbert got an MSc from Reading University.[5]
Activities
Anthony Fitzherbert co-authored the FAO's National crop output assessment May/June 2003
Opinions
He was cited in 2019 as a "British agricultural expert" referring to the cash-for-poppies program as “an appalling piece of complete raw naivete,” saying that the people in charge had “no knowledge of nuances and [I] don’t know they really cared.”[6]
Awards
He was given the OBE in 2010 for his work in Afghanistan.[7]
References
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- ↑ https://iwpr.net/global-voices/beauty-and-beast
- ↑ https://www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/events/cumbria-talk-by-anthony-fitzherbert-obe
- ↑ https://postconflict.unep.ch/publications/Afghanistan/Introductory_guide_sources_traditional_fodder_forage_usage_Afghanistan_2015.pdf
- ↑ https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/afghanistan-another-failure-drug-war-104697
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/dec/31/new-years-honours-list-diplomatic
