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Erick Boy

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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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World Water Week 2021

Hosted by Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)

August 23 to 27, 2021

  • 9:00 – 5:30 pm (America/New_York)
  • 3:00 – 11:30 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 6:30 – 3:00 am (Asia/Kolkata)
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IFPRI is participating in World Water Week (WWW), the annual focal point for the globe’s water issues.

Organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute, World Water Week 2021 theme is Building Resilience Faster, with a focus on concrete solutions to the world’s greatest water-related challenges, starting with the climate crisis and including water scarcity, food security, health, biodiversity, and impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.  

Productive uses of Energy in Ethiopia’s Agriculture (August 24, 2021 – 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM)

Accelerating Food and Water Security: Role of the UNFSS (August 24, 2021 – 12:00 PM-1:00 PM)

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

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