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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.

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.

Where we work

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IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 80 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.


Nandita Srivastava

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Nandita Srivastava is a Research Analyst in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. She currently provides research, managerial, coordination, reporting, and communications support on USAID-funded projects focused on strengthening the food policy research capacity of institutions in Asia, resilience building in Malawi, and climate change action in Asia. She has previously worked on multicounty projects focused on youth entrepreneurship, integrating agriculture innovation systems, and innovations in agriculture extension. As part of IFPRI’s Capacity Strengthening Program, she manages the institution-level capacity strengthening monitoring database and maintains the program webpage.

Previously Nandita worked as an economist with India’s antitrust regulator and was an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Delhi. She received her master’s in Public Policy from Duke University with specialization in International Development Policy. She also holds an M.Phil. in Economics and BA (honors) with specialization in Economics.


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