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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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15th Global Forum for Food and Agriculture

Food Systems Transformation: A Worldwide Response to Multiple Crises

CityCube Berlin

Messedamm 26

Berlin, Germany

January 20 to 21, 2023

  • 11:30 – 3:30 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 5:30 – 9:30 am (US/Eastern)
  • 4:00 – 8:00 pm (Asia/Kolkata)
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IFPRI’s Director General Johan Swinnen is participating in the 15th annual Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA). GFFA is an international conference on central issues of vital importance for global agricultural and food policies.

The 2023 GFFA will address the issue “Food Systems Transformation: A Worldwide Response to Multiple Crises”. With the 2030 Agenda, the international community has set itself ambitious Sustainable Development Goals, such as ending global hunger. This conference will build on the UN Food Systems Summit and aims to promote discussion and explore possible ways for global and national collaboration.

Expert Panel: WWF International, Solving the Great Food Puzzle: 20 levers to scale national level action (Friday, January 20, 2023 – 11:30 am to 1:00 pm CET)

  • Johan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR and Director General, IFPRI

High Level Panel 1: European Commission, Agriculture in the “New Normal”: Future-proofing food systems for a changing world (Friday, January 20, 2023 – 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm CET)

  • Johan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR and Director General, IFPRI

Berlin Agriculture Ministers’ Conference 2023 (Saturday, January 21, 2023 – 9:00 am to 3:30 pm CET)

  • Johan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR and Director General, IFPRI

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