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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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Ten Years of Research on Chronic Poverty

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Ten Years of Research on Chronic Poverty

The Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC) marked ten years of poverty research with an international conference, “Ten years of ‘war against poverty’. What we have learned since 2000. What we should do 2010-2020,” held in Manchester, UK, September 8-10.

Leading poverty researchers and development practitioners met to assess the current ‘state of the art’ in poverty reduction, highlight key CPRC research, and set the agenda for research and policy through 2020.

Several IFPRI researchers presented papers at the conference, including:

More information is available on the CPRC Conference website

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