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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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What we do

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

Where we work

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Where we work

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

2009 Award Winners

AWARDS

Date

Person(s)

Awards

Feb 1

Shenggen Fan

Distinguished Professional Contribution Award from the Southern Agricultural Economics Association for his service in the Editorial Council of its journal.

May 27

Kristin Davis

Awarded the “Early Achievement Award” at the Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education’s annual conference.

May 29

Kristin Davis

Awarded Second Runner Up, Journal Article of the Year Award for 2008 by the Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education for her paper “Extension in Sub-Saharan Africa: Overview and Assessment of Past and Current Models and Future Prospects.”

Jul 26

Guillaume Gruere,
Mark Rosegrant

Awarded the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Outstanding Journal Article: Review of Agricultural Economics for the article “Assessing the Implementation Effects of the Biosafety Protocol’s Proposed Stringent Information Requirements for Genetically Modified Commodities in Countries of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation.”

Aug 18

Bart Minten

Bart Minten and David Stifel received the 2008 best article award by the journal Agricultural Economics for their article on “Isolation and Agricultural Productivity.”