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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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The potential of digital tools to support farmers in Egypt: Lessons learned and way forward

Co-Organized by IFPRI-Egypt and United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

November 9, 2021

  • 8:00 – 10:30 am (America/New_York)
  • 2:00 – 4:30 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 6:30 – 9:00 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

The potential of digital tools to transform smallholder agriculture in Egypt has attracted substantial enthusiasm in public discourse as well as in development policy and investment agendas. In the last few years, several public and private sector initiatives have been launched with the objective of building digital tools to support smallholder agriculture in Egypt. However, most of these efforts and initiatives remain scattered and fragmented and lack coordination and integration within national agricultural systems. As such, the impact of these digital tools to transform smallholder agriculture and, hence, the livelihood of smallholders remains largely understudied.

IFPRI, under the USAID-funded project, Evaluating Impact and Building Capacity (EIBC), is organizing this technical workshop with the aim to mobilize various actors’ efforts as well as support the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (MALR) consolidate and mainstream existing digital services in Egypt that are meant to support farmers.