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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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Since 1975, IFPRI’s research has been informing policies and development programs to improve food security, nutrition, and livelihoods around the world.

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A plague of policymakers returns hunger to the world (Reason)

May 27, 2022


Reason published an article on how lockdowns, trade disputes, and warfare make the next meal once again a matter of concern. Governments can’t be blamed for all of the world’s ills, but they have a remarkable ability to create trouble where there was none before and to exacerbate preexisting problems. Food prices around the world were up in April by 29.8 percent over the already elevated costs seen in the same month last year. In typical political form, governments are cutting off trade in what food they have, threatening to make the matter worse. IFPRI currently counts 19 countries that forbid the export of some foods and another seven that require government licenses. Historically, these requirements tend to spread, the organization warns, as governments emulate their neighbors to secure domestic supply.  (See IFPRI’s  Food & Fertilizer Export Restrictions Tracker) IFPRI researchers Joseph Glauber, David Laborde, and Abdullah Mamun in their blog post, From bad to worse: How Russia-Ukraine war-related export restrictions exacerbate global food insecurity, write, “Export restrictions often had a cascading effect—when one country announced restrictions, others often followed suit, further exacerbating supply problems and creating a panicked atmosphere in global markets as importers sought to secure new suppliers, sending prices even higher.” 

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