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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.

Challenges and Opportunities for Latin American Agriculture

FGV Cultural Center

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

October 10 to 11, 2019

  • 9:00 – 5:00 pm (America/Sao_Paulo)
  • 8:00 – 4:00 pm (US/Eastern)
  • 5:30 – 1:30 am (Asia/Kolkata)

IFPRI is participating in an international seminar on Challenges and Opportunities for Agriculture in Latin America, which will be held on October 10th and 11th, 2019 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

This international seminar will discuss the difficulties and prospects for agriculture in Latin America, a region that currently accounts for a quarter of total exports in the sector.

Policymakers, economists, regulators, agribusiness and food industry leaders, academics and financiers and insurers to discuss:

  • Latin American agriculture in a global context – the challenges, prospects, policy responses, and trade tensions.
  • Sustainable development in Latin America
  • Role of technological innovation in Latin American agriculture
  • Brazil – Logistics and infrastructure, and rural credit context

Trade Prospects and Tensions: Implication for Latin American Agriculture (October 10, 2019 — 4:45pm – 5:00pm)

The US-China Trade Negotiations

  • Rob Vos, Director of Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI