Jan W. Low

Jan Low is an agricultural economist with over 20 years of experience working in sub-Saharan Africa. Her long-term research interest is on how to successfully integrate nutritional concerns into agricultural research and development, with a special focus on micronutrient-enhanced ("biofortified") staple food crops. She also has considerable experience and interest in agricultural policy, safety nets, poverty analysis, and seed systems. She has designed, implemented, and analyzed numerous household surveys and is knowledgeable in database management. After serving 4.5 as CIP's regional leader in SSA, Dr. Low is now leading a new 10 year Sweetpotato Initiative launched in October 2009 to enhance the lives of 10 million African families in 10 years through exploiting the potential of sweetpotato to reduce poverty and undernutrition. The Sweetpotato Action for Security and Health in Africa is the foundation project supporting core research for development work for this multi-donor, multi-sector effort.