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With research staff from more than 60 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.
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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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Birendra Mendali is a Senior Project Manager in the HarvestPlus section of the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit. He is based in Patna, Bihar, and leads the project “High Zinc Wheat and Rice and High Iron/Zinc Lentils to Improve Nutrition in Bihar and Odisha” funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He has more than 18 years of experience in the field of sustainable agriculture, organic agriculture, and market development. He previously worked with TechnoServe India, Reliance Foundation, Chetna Organic, and the Government of Odisha. He holds an MBA in Agribusiness Management.