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Erick Boy

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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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Intellectual property rights regimes, their assets, and limitations

2023Luwedde, Justine; Taylor, Peter; Koo, Jawoo; Chambers, Judith A.
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Intellectual property rights regimes, their assets, and limitations

The role of intellectual property has become increasingly important in protecting creations of the mind and making day-to-day business decisions. Hence, if innovations are left unprotected, they can be exploited by competitors with capacity to commercialize them. This policy brief points out that lowand middle-income countries face intellectual property-related challenges compared to high-income countries due to inadequate intellectual property awareness, the high cost of processing patent applications, weak enforcement of intellectual property rights, and weak research and development capacity. Group of Seven (G7) countries are thus better positioned, as high-income countries, to lead globally on intellectual property enforcement, and leverage the flexibilities within the trade related aspects of intellectual property to support and encourage future technologies in low- and middle-income countries. We propose that G7 countries support the creation of equity- and rights-based awareness on intellectual property rights, the improvement of mechanisms and systems for enforcement, and investment in research and development via building local support to reduce costs.

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2023

Authors

Luwedde, Justine; Taylor, Peter; Koo, Jawoo; Chambers, Judith A.

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Luwedde, Justine; Taylor, Peter; Koo, Jawoo; Chambers, Judith A. 2023. Intellectual property rights regimes, their assets, and limitations. Think7 Policy Brief April 2023. https://www.think7.org/publication/intellectual-property-rights-regimes-their-assets-and-limitations/

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Canada; France; Germany; Italy; Japan; United States

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Northern America; Western Europe; Southern Europe; Eastern Asia; Copyright; Income; Intellectual Property Rights; Patents; Research

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English

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Open Access

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Digital Innovation

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Market power and the volatility of markups in the food value chain: The role of Italian cooperatives

2021Lee, Hyejin; Swinnen, Johan; Van Cayseele, Patrick
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Market power and the volatility of markups in the food value chain: The role of Italian cooperatives

Agricultural cooperatives have often been promoted as a way to increase their market power and to obtain stability of profit against uncertainty. This paper estimates the firm-level markups and markup volatility to identify the countervailing market power of cooperatives in the Italian fruits and vegetable sector and the dairy sector. We use the firm-level data of Italian firms for the period 2007-2014. We find that, overall, there is a tradeoff in cooperatives’ role between obtaining market power and stability. Farmer cooperatives in both sectors gain stability in their markups but their markups are lower, on average, than those for non-cooperatives. For processor cooperatives, the fruits and vegetable sector obtains more market power. This appears to arise from the product differentiation strategy of the processors cooperative.

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2021

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Lee, Hyejin; Swinnen, Johan; Van Cayseele, Patrick

Citation

Lee, Hyejin; Swinnen, Johan; and Van Cayseele, Patrick. 2021. Market power and the volatility of markups in the food value chain: The role of Italian cooperatives. LICOS Discussion Paper Series 424/2021. Leuven, Belgium: LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance. https://feb.kuleuven.be/drc/licos/publications/dp/dp424

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Italy

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Europe; Southern Europe; Value Chains; Volatility; Market Capacity; Cooperatives; Agricultural Cooperatives; Prices

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English

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Open Access

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2015 Nutrition country profile: Italy

2015International Food Policy Research Institute
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2015 Nutrition country profile: Italy

The 193 individual country profiles capture the status and progress of all UN Member States, and the 80+ indicators include a wealth of information on child, adolescent and adult anthropometry and nutritional status, in addition to intervention coverage, food supply, economics, and demography. This tool is particularly useful for nutrition champions at the country-level, as it presents a wide range of evidence needed to assess country progress in improving nutrition and nutrition-related outcomes.

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2015

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International Food Policy Research Institute

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International Food Policy Research Institute. 2015. 2015 Nutrition country profile: Italy. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150701

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Italy

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Europe; Southern Europe; Anaemia; Sustainable Development Goals; Economic Development; Nutrition Policies; Health; Agricultural Policies; Indicators; Stunting; Sustainability; Malnutrition; Nutrition; Private Sector; Children; Wasting Disease (nutritional Disorder); Agricultural Development; Micronutrients; Breastfeeding; Overweight; Diabetes; Obesity; Food Systems; Climate Change

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English

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Open Access

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Agriculture for Nutrition and Health

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UN Food Systems Summit +4 Stocktake (UNFSS+4)
IFPRI at External Event

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July 27 to 29, 2025

UN Food Systems Summit +4 Stocktake (UNFSS+4)

The 2nd UN Food Systems Summit Stocktake (UNFSS+4) will take place from July 27–29, 2025, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, co-hosted by Ethiopia and Italy. As we approach four years since the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), UNFSS+4 will provide a platform for reflecting on progress, strengthening collaboration, and unlocking finance and investments to accelerate […]

WFP Impact Evaluation Forum
IFPRI at External Event

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December 4 to 7, 2023

WFP Impact Evaluation Forum

Event: December 4, 2023 – 09:00 AM to December 7, 2023 – 6:30 PM CET. IFPRI is participating in the first United Nations World Food Programme Impact Evaluation Forum in Rome, Italy.

Agricultural Investment Data Analyzer (AIDA): Guiding Agricultural Investments for Higher Impact
IFPRI Program/Country Event

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February 24, 2021, 1:30 – 3:00 pm

Agricultural Investment Data Analyzer (AIDA): Guiding Agricultural Investments for Higher Impact

COVID-19 is accelerating the use of digital technology and tools around the world. This trend also provides an opportunity to make complex investment analysis tools more user-friendly and ultimately to promote more evidence-based decision-making among governments. The Agricultural Investment Data Analyzer (AIDA) is the first online tool that uses an economy-wide model to assess the […]

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September 14, 2021 | In the News

Penne will be more expensive due to climate change … and spaghetti and ravioli (Expok)

Expok published an article about the ways climate change is affecting the costs of staples, in particular, wheat. Due to heat, drought, and rising temperatures, the global food system will see repercussions, as the fight for durum wheat has raised the price by about 90 percent. According to data from IFPRI, agriculture is extremely vulnerable to climate change. The […]