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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.

Understanding the New Dynamics of Agrifood Trade, Perspectives by Pascal Lamy

Co-hosted jointly by IFPRI and Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

12th floor conference room

DC

1201 Eye St NW

Washington, United States

May 30, 2024

  • 2:30 – 4:00 pm (America/New_York)
  • 8:30 – 10:00 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 12:00 – 1:30 am (Asia/Kolkata)

Geopolitical tensions, as well as conflicts at the regional, national, and local levels, climate change and sustainability challenges, and the troubling rise in the number of malnourished people worldwide form part of the complex web of factors shaping agrifood dynamics, and in turn, trade policies and negotiations.

Please join us for a lecture by IFPRI Board Chair Pascal Lamy, a foremost expert in international trade matters, who served as the European Union’s Trade Commissioner and as the World Trade Organization’s Director General. In examining past, present, and possible future dynamics of agrifood trade, Lamy will focus on evolving implications for developing countries and set forth potential approaches to aligning trade policies with the imperatives of sustainability, climate change adaptation and mitigation, food security, and poverty reduction.

The lecture will be followed by comments from a panel of international trade experts and a Q&A session.

Opening Remarks

  • Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI; Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR
  • Marcus Noland, Director General, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

Keynote Speaker

  • Pascal Lamy, Director General of the World Trade Organization (2005–2013); President emeritus, Jacques Delors Institute

International Trade Expert Panel

  • Mary Lovely, Anthony M. Solomon Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)
  • Joseph Glauber, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
  • Anabel González, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

Moderator