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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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Opinion: A clear win: Agricultural aid investments yield economic benefits for United States (Agri-pulse)

November 01, 2019


Agri-pulse published a comment by Sylvan Roy on the jointly released by BIFAD, APLU, and IFPRI report, How the United States benefits from agricultural and food security investments in developing countries. The underlying focus of the report articulates the economic benefits to the U.S., but the authors are expansive in their perspective about how such things as what they refer to as “technology spillover” produces benefits for the beneficiaries as well as stimulating commerce for U.S. businesses. 

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