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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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Nienke Beintema: Importance of Viable Global Research Systems (FAO YouTube)

November 23, 2018


The Food and Agriculture Organization interviewed Nienke Beintema, Program Head of IFPRI’s Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators initiative on YouTube during their International Symposium on Agricultural Innovation.  Beintema argued that increasing food demands can be supplied with viable research systems adapting technologies that are developed by international research centers to fight soil degradation and climate change. 

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