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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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End of stubble burning by deploying crop-twice and crop-thrice technologies (Samakai)

August 12, 2021


Samakal (Bangladesh) published an op-ed on how starting from the dawn of civilization to the current era human beings have devastated the environment in many different ways for their immediate need.   It is a common practice to burn the crop residues as removing them is way too expensive. However, the cheapest option for the farmer is the most expensive one for nature. According to IFPRI, crop residue burning generates an estimated annual economic loss of USD 30 billion in Northern India. Farmers think that burning is the cheapest solution for them to sow the next crop early which indirectly hits others so hard that, even costs their lives. 

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