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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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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.

Agri-food Systems and Macroeconomics

Organized by FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean

November 5, 2020

  • 8:00 – 10:00 am (America/New_York)
  • 2:00 – 4:00 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 6:30 – 8:30 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

Moderator

Speakers

  • Carlos Furche, Former Minister of Agriculture of Chile; and Consultant, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  • Alejandro Izquierdo, Principal Technical Leader of the Research Department, Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
  • Marlon Tábora, Executive Advisor, Office of the President and Vice President for Finance and Administration, Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
  • Marco Sánchez, Deputy Director of the Agricultural Development Economics Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)