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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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Addressing Food Security in Central Asia: The cases of Tajikistan and Turkmenistan

Central Asia Program (CAP)

March 1, 2023

  • 10:00 – 11:15 am (America/New_York)
  • 4:00 – 5:15 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 8:30 – 9:45 pm (Asia/Kolkata)
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Food security is a concern in some parts of Central Asia. In Turkmenistan, food rationing and shortages have been reported regularly since at least 2017. In Tajikistan, 1/3 of the total population is currently estimated to be food-insecure, and the majority of the population spends between 70% and 80% of its income on food.

Focusing on these two case studies of Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, renowned specialists will discuss the challenges to food security posed by the impacts of the covid-19 pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and climate change.

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  • Suresh Babu, Senior Research Fellow / Head of Capacity Strengthening, IFPRI

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