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Erick Boy

Erick Boy

Erick Boy is the Chief Nutritionist in the HarvestPlus section of the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit. As head of nutrition for the HarvestPlus Program since 2008, he has led research that has generated scientific evidence on biofortified staple crops as efficacious and effective interventions to help address iron, vitamin A, and zinc deficiency in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and South Asia.

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IFPRI to Lead Two New CGIAR Research Programs

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IFPRI to Lead Two New CGIAR Research Programs

In January 2012 IFPRI is launching two major research programs. These CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs), led by IFPRI, will bring together researchers from across the CGIAR centers to address some of the most pressing problems facing the global food system.

The first of these two programs—Policies, Institutions, and Markets to Strengthen Food Security and Incomes for the Rural Poor, also known as CRP2—will identify the policies and institutions that will enable rural smallholder producers, particularly women, to increase their incomes through better links with markets and equitable access to services and assets. Failures related to policies, institutions, and markets are a major impediment to increasing agricultural growth in the developing world, where a majority of people depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. This CRP seeks to produce a body of knowledge that decisionmakers can use to shape policies and institutions that will reduce poverty and promote sustainable rural development. Mark Rosegrant, Director of IFPRI’s Environment and Production Technology Division (EPTD), serves as Acting Director of CRP2.

More information

CRP2 – Policies, institutions, and markets to strengthen food security and incomes for the rural poor

Full proposal (PDF 2.9M)
Executive Summary (updated Sept 2012) (PDF 535K)
Video on CRP2 Research

CRP4 – Agriculture for improved nutrition and health

Full proposal (PDF 4.4M)
Executive Summary (PDF 490K)
Video on CRP4 Research

The second program—Agriculture for Improved Nutrition and Health, also known as CRP4—aims to improve the nutrition and health of poor people by exploiting the many synergies between agriculture, nutrition, and health. This program will focus on research in four key areas: value chains, biofortification, control of agriculture-associated diseases, and integrated agriculture, nutrition, and health development programs and policies. John McDermott has been named Director of CRP 4.

In addition to playing a leadership role in these two CRPs, IFPRI researchers will also contribute to two other research programs: Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security(CRP7, led by CIAT), and Water, Land, and Ecosystems (CRP5, led by IWMI).


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