Background
Sanchez, Pedro Antonio was born on October 7, 1940 in Havana, Cuba. Son of Pedro Antonio Senior and Georgina (San Martin) Sanchez.
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Properties and Management of Soils in the Tropics by Pedro A. Sanchez (1977-01-05)
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Properties and Management of Soils in the Tropics
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Pedro Antonio Sanchez
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Pedro Antonio Sanchez, American Soil scientist, administrator. Recipient Agronomy Achievement award National Plant Food Institute, 1960, Diploma Merit Peru Min. Agriculture, 1971, Diploma Honor, Colombian Institute Agropecuario, 1979, INIPA, 1985, Order Agricultural Merit, Government Peru, 1984; named honorary professor of University National Amazonia Peruana, 1987.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Agronomy, Cornell Univercity, 1962; Master of Science in Soil Science, Cornell Univercity, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy in Soil Science, Cornell Univercity, 1968.
Career
Graduate assistant, U. Philippines/Cornell Graduate Education Program, Los Baños, Philippines, 1965-1968;
assistant professor soil science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1968-1973;
leader tropic soils program department soil science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1971-1976;
associate professor soil science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1973-1979;
professor soil science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1979-1991;
coordinator tropic soils program, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1979-1982, 84-91;
professor emeritus soil science and forestry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, since 1991;
co-leader National Rice Program Peru, North Carolina State University Agricultural Mission to Peru, Lambayeque, Peru., 1968-1971;
chief, North Carolina State University Agricultural Mission to Peru, Lima, Peru., 1982-1983;
coordinator beef-tropical pastures program, Center International Agricultural Tropical, Cali, Colombia, 1977-1979;
technical chief, Institute National Investigation and Promotion Agropercuaria, 1982-1983;
director Center for World Environment and Sustainable Development, Duke U./North Carolina State University/U. North Carolina Chapel Hill, 1990-1991;
director general, International Center for Research in Agroforestry, Nairobi, Kenya, since 1991. Adjunct Professor tropical conservation Duke U., 1990. Chairman of the executive committee University Consortium on Soils of Tropics.
Lead analyst land and water section World Food and Nutrition Study, NAS, Washington, commission on selected biological problems of humid tropics, Chairman of Commission on sustainable and environment in humid tropics. Conselho assessor do Centro de Pesquisa Agropecuarias dos Cerrados, EMBRAPA, Brasilis, Brazil. Consejo directivo del Centro Nacional de Investigationes Agropecuarias de Carimagua, International Cooperation Administration-CIAT, Colombia.
Member technical advisory board Commissao do Plano da Lavoura Cacauiera, Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil. Coordinator Soil Management Collaborative Research Support Program Planning Grant, United States Agency for International Development/BIFAD, Washington. Vice-chairman international steering committee Red de Investigacion Agroecologica para la Amazonia-REDINAA, Amazon Research Network, leader soil project.
Member steering committee Formation International Board on Soils Research and Management, chairman acid tropical soils network coordinator committee. Member technical committee Soil Management CRSP. Member commission on tropical deforestation Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress.
Member International Committee on Land Clearing and Development. Member coordinator committee Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Program. Chairman of the Board management Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Program.
Consultant Ford Foundation, United States Agency for International Development, Institute Interamericano Sciences Agricultural, Rockefeller Foundation, NAS, Tennessee Valley Authority, Venezuelan Society Soil Science, World Bank, New Zealand Society Soil Science, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria, Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations), Royal Swedish Academy Sciences, Ecosystems Center Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, IBSRAM, Consejo National Science and Technology Peru, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization-Main in Biosphere Program, United States Environmental Protection Agency, CIAT, World Wildlife Fund, Rainforest Alliance, United States Congress.
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Membership
Fellow American Society Agronomy (board directors, chairman division international agronomy, International Svc. in Agronomy award 1993), Soil Science Society American (International Soil Science award 1993). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Soil Science (vice chairman commission VI 1986, chairman 1994-1998), Latin American Association, Agricultural Sciences, Latin American Association Pecuarias Peru, Latin American Society Science Suelo, Association Investigators Agricultural and Pecuarias Peru, Society Colombia Science Suelo (honorary, board directors), Society Peru Science Suelo (honorary) Soil Science Society North Carolina, Sigma Xi, Sigma Iota Rho.
Connections
Married Cheryl Palm, 1990. Children: Jennifer, Evan, Juliana.
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Recipient Agronomy Achievement award National Plant Food Institute, 1960, Diploma Merit Peru Min. Agriculture, 1971, Diploma Honor, Colombian Institute Agropecuario, 1979, INIPA, 1985, Order Agricultural Merit, Government Peru, 1984. Named honorary professor of University National Amazonia Peruana, 1987.Recipient Agronomy Achievement award National Plant Food Institute, 1960, Diploma Merit Peru Min. Agriculture, 1971, Diploma Honor, Colombian Institute Agropecuario, 1979, INIPA, 1985, Order Agricultural Merit, Government Peru, 1984. Named honorary professor of University National Amazonia Peruana, 1987.