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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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How PDS Can be Made Effective Through Better Governance (Financial Express)

December 28, 2017


India’s Financial Express published a full page op-ed co-authored by IFPRI-SAO’s Anjani Kumar on the success of governance reforms in the state of Odisha’s Public Distribution System (PDS). In the article, Kumar argued that Odisha’s experience shows that a revamped PDS can play a pivotal role in bringing convergence and making India’s two important missions—food and nutrition security—successful in a short time.

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