Anthony Young

In a career of over 40 years, Professor Anthony Young has worked in all aspects of land resources development: survey, evaluation, conservation, planning and development. His career has been divided between university-based research and practical contributions to the development of land resources, through work with FAO, the World Bank, international research institutions and consultant companies. He was a founding staff member of the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East...See more

In a career of over 40 years, Professor Anthony Young has worked in all aspects of land resources development: survey, evaluation, conservation, planning and development. His career has been divided between university-based research and practical contributions to the development of land resources, through work with FAO, the World Bank, international research institutions and consultant companies. He was a founding staff member of the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia, UK, and subsequently Principal Scientist at the World Agroforestry Centre (formerly ICRAF), Nairobi, where he established the potential of agroforestry for sustainable soil management. He has published 150 scientific papers and 18 books, and has received doctorates from the Universities of Sheffield and East Anglia. A light-hearted account of his life can be found in the autobiography, Semper Juvenis: Always Young . See less