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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.

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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.


Suman Chakrabarti

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Suman Chakrabarti is an Associate Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit, part of the Food and Nutrition Policy Department, based in New Delhi. Suman supports research activities under the Transforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia (TAFSSA) and Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition in India (POSHAN) projects.

Before joining IFPRI, he worked for several research institutes, universities, and development agencies, including the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, the University of California, and the World Bank. He holds a PhD in global health metrics from the University of Washington and graduate degrees in economics and statistics.

Languages: English, Hindi, Bengali


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