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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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Holding together (Masress.com) 

April 21, 2020


Masress.com (Egypt) published an article based on Senior Research Fellow Clemens Breisinger et al.’s blog post, Economic impact of COVID-19 on tourism and remittances: Insights from Egypt. Lower tourist spending will affect not only hotels, restaurants, taxi enterprises, and tourist guides, but also food processing and agriculture. The expected reduction in tourism will have the strongest effect on households, making up more than half the economic impact for all household types.  Republished in Al Ahram.

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