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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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How the corona pandemic is exacerbating hunger in the world (Deutschlandfunk)

October 09, 2020


Deutschlandfunk published an article about world hunger. While fewer and fewer people had to go hungry for decades, their number is now increasing again. The corona pandemic and the economic crisis are also triggers. The pandemic hit Kenya and the other African countries much less than feared. At the beginning of October, the reported infections in Kenya were below 40,000, and 725 deaths were known in connection with Covid-19. Former IFPRI Director General Joachim von Braun states, ““The political will to overcome hunger in Africa has increased significantly. African governments have adopted and started implementing programs over the past decade that have reduced hunger by 50 percent in a number of countries. This includes countries like Ethiopia, Senegal and Uganda.” 

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