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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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In Tanzania, Clinton Foundation trades on maize and beans, not name (PolitiFact)

September 06, 2016


IFPRI Senior Research Fellow Ephraim Nkonya was quoted in a story on PolitiFact about development work in Africa. According to the story:

Ephraim Nkonya, a Tanzanian research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute, said past efforts typically treated locals as subsistence farmers who grew food only to feed their families, rather than people who might want to make a profit off farming.

Nkoya said that limited view helps explain the “low adoption of technologies even when farmers see that such technology is better than their traditional technology.”

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