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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.
researcher spotlight
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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IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 80 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.
Solange D. Zawadi is the Country Program Manager for the IFPRI Rwanda Strategy Support Program, based in Kigali. She has over 10 years’ experience in non-profit organization leadership and project management including multistakeholder processes, capacity building, operations, and human resources management. Before joining IFPRI, Solange worked for the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) as the Rwanda Soil Information System (RwaSIS) Project Officer and Coordinator of Projects Administration and Management, supporting all aspects of projects administration and management for the IITA-Rwanda Station. She holds a MA in Sustainable International Development from The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Boston, and a BA in Law from the University of Rwanda.