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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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Using Malawi’s Community-Based Childcare Centers to Implement an Agriculture and Nutrition Intervention

Co-Organized by IFPRI, the University of Washington led SEEMS nutrition project, and the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Improved Nutrition and Health (A4NH)

DC

1201 Eye Street NW

12th floor conference center

Washington, United States

November 6, 2019

  • 12:15 – 1:45 pm (America/New_York)
  • 6:15 – 7:45 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 10:45 – 12:15 am (Asia/Kolkata)

This policy seminar focuses on research undertaken in Malawi by IFPRI, the University of Malawi, Save the Children, and University of Washington in support to the Government’s early childhood development program.  

Community-based early childhood development centers in Malawi have been used as a platform to implement an integrated agriculture and nutrition behavior change intervention. Presentations will explore the findings of a rigorous evaluation on the impact, sustainability, costs, and returns on investment of this initiative. A case study will be also be presented by Research for Development (R4D) on the use of evidence in the policy processes that led to the scale-up of the program across the country.

Opening Remarks / Moderator

  • Dan Gilligan, Deputy Director of Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division, IFPRI (Video)

Presenters

Discussants

  • Julie Ruel Bergeron, Nutrition Specialist in the Human Development Network’s Health, Nutrition, and Population (HNP) Unit, World Bank Group
  • Natalie Roschnik, Senior Nutrition Advisor, Save the Children

Closing Remarks