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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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Food insecurity, undernourishment deepen in South Asia (Nepal News)  

June 19, 2023


“Food insecurity and undernourishment are deepening lately in the South Asia including Nepal, according to the 2023 Global Food Policy Report prepared by the International Food Policy Research Institute,” writes Nepal News in a story dedicated to the presentation of the 2023 Global Food Policy Report in Nepal on June 20, 2023.

COVID-19 pandemic, Russia-Ukraine war, implications of various natural disasters, energy crisis, global rise in prices of food, petroleum products and fertilizer and political instability have been mentioned as contributors to increasing food insecurity in the entire South Asia. 

“The recovery and development of food systems in South Asia face multiple challenges,” according to the report. 

Read the article.  

Republished in Himalayan News. The GFPR event in Kathmandu, Nepal, received wide coverage, including articles in Bangladesh’s media including New Age BangladeshThe Daily ObserverThe Financial Express.

 

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