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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.

UN Food Systems Summit +4 Stocktake (UNFSS+4)

Addis Ababa

Ethiopia

July 27 to 29, 2025

  • 9:00 – 5:00 pm (Africa/Addis_Ababa)
  • 2:00 – 10:00 am (US/Eastern)
  • 11:30 – 7:30 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

The 2nd UN Food Systems Summit Stocktake (UNFSS+4) will take place from July 27–29, 2025, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, co-hosted by Ethiopia and Italy. As we approach four years since the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), UNFSS+4 will provide a platform for reflecting on progress, strengthening collaboration, and unlocking finance and investments to accelerate food systems transformation.

For more information, please click HERE.

The Implementation of the CAADP Strategy and Action Plan: Interactive dialogue between African Youth Agri-Food Entrepreneurs and African Leaders | July 29, 2025 | 13:30 – 14:30 (Africa/Addis_Ababa)

Led by the AU Special Envoy for Food Systems, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Africa Food Systems Forum (AFSF), IFPRI, AKADEMIYA2063, and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

IFPRI Participant