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With research staff from more than 60 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

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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Since 1975, IFPRI’s research has been informing policies and development programs to improve food security, nutrition, and livelihoods around the world.

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IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 80 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

ICTforAg 2023: Cultivating Inclusion

Co-organized by CGIAR, USAID Feed the Future, DAI and DevGlobal

November 7 to 9, 2023

  • 6:30 – 5:00 pm (America/New_York)
  • 12:30 – 11:00 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 5:00 – 3:30 am (Asia/Kolkata)

IFPRI is participating in ICTforAg 2023. During this 3-day virtual event, agricultural stakeholders and technology experts will come together to share knowledge, find solutions, and form partnerships to address challenges in agri-food systems across low- and middle-income countries.

The main goal of ICTforAg is to grow communities and catalyze meaningful conversations, insights, and collaborations, increase participation of participants from the developing world, promote knowledge sharing and learning, and inspire practitioners to develop inclusive and sustainable ICT solutions.

IFPRI Organizers

Breakout session: Digital transformation – Catalyzing a more nutritious food system | Tuesday, November 7 | 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM (EST)

  • Jenny Walton, Head of Commercialization and Scaling, IFPRI HarvestPlus CGIAR

Lightning Talks: Gender digital divide in rural Kenya | Thursday, Nov 9 | 12:30 – 01:00 PM (EST)