Losira Nasirumbi Sanya is a social and development research professional with extensive strategic, adaptive and applied research experience. She has attained further professional training in Integrated Agricultural Research for Development (IAR4D); designing and managing multi-stakeholder processes for rural innovation; value chains and market-oriented research; and Monitoring, Evaluation and Impact Assessment of R&D Investments in Agriculture. She holds an M.S. in agricultural economics and is a Ph.D. fellow in agricultural and rural innovation at Makerere University.