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Assessing the gender dimensions in the true costs of food production in Kenya

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Nature-Positive Solutions Initiative baseline evaluation survey report: India

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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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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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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.
Sedi is a Research Coordinator in the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit, based in Nairobi, Kenya. Prior to 2023, she worked as a consultant for IFPRI for two years and supervised data collection, data analysis, and preparation of impact assessment reports under the International Fund for Agricultural Development–funded program on assessing the gendered impact of rural development projects in four countries. She is a development economist with research experience in household welfare measurement and impact assessments of complex rural and agricultural development programs, with a focus on Africa. She is now coordinating several household surveys and working on the implementation of experiments under the CGIAR Research Initiatives Nature+ and Digital Innovation.
Sedi received a PhD in economics from the University of Rome Tor Vergata.
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