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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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Land and Poverty Conference 2018

Land Governance in an Interconnected World

DC

1818 H Street, NW

Washington, United States

March 19 to 23, 2018

  • 8:00 – 3:00 pm (America/New_York)
  • 1:00 – 8:00 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 5:30 – 12:30 am (Asia/Kolkata)

IFPRI is participating in the World Bank’s 19th annual Land and Poverty Conference in Washington, DC under the theme “Land Governance in an Interconnected World.”

The Land and Poverty conference will present the latest research and practice on the diversity of reforms, interventions, and innovations in the land sector around the world. The conference has become one of the largest international events on land governance, attracting over 1,300 participants in 2017 from governments, academics, civil society, and the private sector.

Researchers from IFPRI’s Development Strategy and Governance Division,  Environment and Production Technology Division, and Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division gave a number of presentations throughout the Conference.

IFPRI Participants:

02-12: Securing Women’s Land Rights in Customary Systems (March 20, 10:30am-12pm)

  • Women’s Land Rights as a Pathway to Poverty Reduction A Framework and Review of Available Evidence

Poster Board 01-07 (March 20 — 10:30am-12pm)

  • Women’s Property Rights through the Household Life Cycle: Evidence from Nepal 

12-02: Developing a Shared Conceptual Framework for Research on Women’s Land Rights (March 23 — 9:00am-10:30am)

  • Developing a Shared Conceptual Framework for Research on Women’s Land Rights

 

Click here for full agenda.