Dr Harry Nesbitt

Harry holds a PhD from Murdoch University in Western Australia. He developed his research experience through work in the Philippines and Thailand in the 1980s. In 1988, Harry took on the daunting task of rebuilding Cambodia’s rice production following the Khmer Rouge destruction of Cambodia, as leader of a research program known as the Cambodia-IRRI-Australia Project (CIAP). This program was responsible for identifying and developing appropriate rice varieties, developing a Cambodian agricultural research capacity, a new farming infrastructure, and creating opportunities for diversified production once the adequate supplies of rice were available. Harry worked in Cambodia until 2001, and has recently returned Australia.