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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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EAT Stockholm Food Forum 2019

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Johanneshov, Sweden

June 12 to 13, 2019

  • 2:15 – 2:15 pm (Europe/Stockholm)
  • 8:15 – 8:15 am (US/Eastern)
  • 5:45 – 5:45 pm (Asia/Kolkata)
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IFPRI is participating in the 2019 EAT Stockholm Food Forum.

The forum will explore a range of solutions available for achieving healthy and sustainable diets for a growing global population. It will confront some of the hard questions head on, such as how to feed the world with zero land expansion and ocean depletion, or the benefits of processed foods and clean meat.

    Side Event: Road Testing Healthy Diets: Perspectives from the Global South (June 14, 2019 — 10:30am-12:00pm, Pluto Room)

    • Ekin Birol, Senior Research Fellow and Director of Impact and Strategy, HarvestPlus

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