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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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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.

If We All Ate Enough Fruits And Vegetables, There’d Be Big Shortages (NPR)

July 17, 2019


NPR reported a projected fruit and vegetable shortages compared to recommended consumption at global and national levels based on a study by IFPRI Senior Scientist Timothy Sulser and Senior Research Analysts Nicola Cenacchi and Shahnila Dunston. The article described the study’s key takeaways–including calls for increasing investments in fruit and vegetable production; increased efforts to educate people about healthy diets; and new techniques to reduce food waste–and placed the study within the context of a new World Resources Institute report on reforming the food system to improve planetary health.