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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.

American Society for Nutrition Live Online 2020

June 1 to 4, 2020

  • 9:00 – 5:00 pm (America/New_York)
  • 3:00 – 11:00 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 6:30 – 2:30 am (Asia/Kolkata)

IFPRI is participating in the American Society for Nutrition Live Online 2020 event on June 01-04, 2020. The event will include lectures, scientific sessions, satellite programs, virtual abstract presentations, virtual exhibits, and more.

Nutrition in a Pandemic Environment 

COVID-19’s Pathways of Impact on Nutrition (June 02, 2020 — 10:30am – 10:45am)

  • Marie Ruel, Director, Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division, IFPRI

Panel Discussion (June 02, 2020 — 11:50am – 12:00pm)

  • Marie Ruel, Director, Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division, IFPRI

Implementation Science Workshop 

Implementation Science – Presenter 2 (June 03, 2020 — 10:45am – 10:55am)

Household Water Insecurity and its Importance for Ensuring Food, Nutrition and Well-being 

Harmonizing Actions on Water and Nutrition within the United Nations (June 04, 2020 — 11:30am – 11:50am)

  • Claudia Ringler, Deputy Division Director, Environment Production and Technology Division, IFPRI