Emily Schmidt

Emily Schmidt
International Food Policy Research Institute · Development Strategy and Governance

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January 2017 - present
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
Position
  • Research Associate
February 2013 - January 2017
International Food Policy Research Institute
Position
  • Fellow

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Publications (17)
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Agricultural productivity in the highlands of Ethiopia is threatened by severe land degradation, resulting in significant reductions in agricultural GDP. In order to mitigate ongoing erosion and soil nutrient loss, the government of Ethiopia initiated a Sustainable Land Management Program (SLMP) targeting 177 micro‐watersheds in six regions of the...
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Ongoing debate over water management along the Blue Nile and land degradation in Ethiopia emphasizes the need for efficiency gains in agricultural production through sustainable land management (SLM). However, previous SLM studies overlook the tradeoffs involved in maintaining SLM investments over time. We address this limitation by combining a hou...
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Deforestation due to farmland expansion, fragile soils, undulating terrain, and heavy seasonal rains makes the highlands of Ethiopia vulnerable to soil erosion. The diverse terrain of the rural highlands requires spatially explicit investments in land management structures. This paper utilizes recent hydrological and meteorological data collected f...
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Deforestation due to farmland expansion, fragile soils, undulating terrain, and heavy seasonal rains makes the highlands of Ethiopia vulnerable to soil erosion. The diverse terrain of the rural highlands requires spatially explicit investments in land management structures. This paper utilizes recent hydrological and meteorological data collected f...
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The trade-off between short-term welfare and long-term agricultural development in the highlands of Ethiopia represents a challenge to successful economic development in a predominantly agriculture-based economy. We employ nearest neighbor and kernel-based matching techniques to measure the impact of sustainable land and watershed management (SLWM)...
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It is widely agreed that reducing poverty in Africa south of the Sahara (SSA) depends largely on stimulating growth in agriculture. To this end, heads of state in Africa rallied to form the pan-African Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) with the goal of raising investments and improving strategy implementation. However,...
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This study adopts a cross-sectional spatial approach to examine the relationship between transport infrastructure, population location, and agricultural production in Sub-Saharan Africa using new data obtained from geographic information systems (GIS). We find that both population and agricultural production are spatially concentrated near large ci...
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The opportunities and constraints facing Ethiopian agriculture are strongly infl uenced by geographical location. Ethiopia's diverse landscape defi nes certain agricultural production potentials, access to input and output markets, and local population densities, which determine both labor availability and local demand for food. Understanding the g...
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This study examines the relationship between transport infrastructure and agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa using new data obtained from geographic information systems (GIS). First, the authors analyze the impact of road connectivity on crop production and choice of technology. Second, they explore the impact of investments that reduce road travel...
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Infrastructure development is a priority on policy agendas in the EU and worldwide, because of the very high investment needs in basic infrastructure, especially in lagging behind regions and countries. The paper provides a descriptive analysis of the infrastructural gaps in EU transition economies at national and, as far as possible, regional leve...
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The Et hiopia St rategy Support P rogram I I (ESSP -II) is a c ollaborative program of capacity bu ilding, research, p olicy analysis a nd k nowledge d issemination led by the International F ood Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) a nd th e Ethiopian Dev elopment Research Institute (EDRI). ii ETHIOPIA STRATEGY SUPPORT PROGRAM Based in Addis Ababa, E...

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