Summer Allen is a Research Coordinator in MTID focusing on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) and the Food Security Portals.  Before joining IFPRI, Summer served as the Research Coordinator for the Committee on Sustainability Assessment (COSA) and has years of experience leading projects on agricultural development and water issues throughout Latin America and Africa.  Summer has previously worked with ERS (USDA), FAO, and EPA. She received her MS degrees in Agricultural Economics and International Agricultural Development from UC Davis and her PhD in Agricultural Economics from Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany.