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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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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.

Tropentag 2021

Towards shifting paradigms in agriculture for a healthy and sustainable future

September 14, 2021

  • 8:00 – 11:00 am (America/New_York)
  • 2:00 – 5:00 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 5:30 – 8:30 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

IFPRI is participating in the annual interdisciplinary conference on research in tropical and subtropical agriculture, natural resource management and rural development (TROPENTAG).

Workshop 3: How to Reach Women Farmers with Innovative Extension Approaches: Insights from the Field (September 14, 2021 — 8:00am – 11:00am EDT)

  • Organizer: Claudia Ringler, Deputy Director of Environment and Production Technology Division, CGIAR-IFPRI

This workshop combines a series of short presentations on the topic of innovative extension approaches and their gendered impacts with a panel discussion including policymakers and practitioners from India, Kenya and Uganda. Proposed short presentations include:

Organizational innovation in times of crises: The case of extension and advisory services during Covid-19

Gendered access to extension services during Covid-19: Insights from Nepal and India