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Who we are

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.

Emily Schmidt

Emily Schmidt is a Senior Research Fellow in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. Her most recent research explores household livelihood strategies in Papua New Guinea, including linkages between agriculture, poverty, and nutrition outcomes among rural smallholder farmers.

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What we do

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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Where we work

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


Anne G. Timu

Associate Research Fellow

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Anne G. Timu is an Associate Research Fellow with the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit, based in Washington, DC. Her research focuses on topics related to climate risk management, financial inclusion, technology adoption, smallholder farmer typologies, and livelihood transitions. She currently leads the implementation of a risk-contingent credit program in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Zambia. Anne also leads work on the development of a framework to inform tailoring and targeting of interventions for USAID’s Feed the Future program. She has extensive experience in managing research projects, conducting randomized evaluations, and large-scale household and community surveys. She holds a master’s degree and PhD in agricultural and applied economics.