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TCI Sponsors Virtual Screening of Indian Climate Change Film
TCI to Co-Host Panel Discussion on Gender, Nutrition, and Agriculture
Increased Agricultural Work Worsens Women’s Nutrition
Targeted Approach to Mycotoxin Mitigation Is Needed in Indian Food Systems
Project Aims to Curb Farm Waste Burning
To Reduce Stunting in India, Space Out Births
New Study Shows Cost of EAT-Lancet Diet in India
Series of Op-Eds Tackle Sanitation in India
TCI to Co-Host Event on Food Loss and Nutrition Security in India
TCI Calls Attention to Rising Obesity in India
TCI Op-Ed Stresses Importance of Farmer Producer Organizations
Bihar University Research Shows Impact of TCI Soil Health Project
TCI to Co-Host Series on Food, Nutrition, and Agriculture in India
New TCI Study Shows Urbanization Increases Risk of Rural Obesity
A man fries bonda in Borsad, India. (Photo by Adam Cohn CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
For developing countries like India, the growth and expansion of cities brings economic opportunities to those living in impoverished rural areas. But those …
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New TCI Study Identifies Household Risk Factors for Mycotoxins
When stored in tradition burlap sacks, groundnuts can be contaminated with mycotoxins. (Photo by Anthony Wenndt/TCI)
A new study co-authored by researchers at the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) identifies household risk factors for exposure to mycotoxins—harmful chemicals produced by …
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TCI Director Named Chair of ICRISAT Governing Board
TCI Director Prabhu Pingali was named chair of the governing board of ICRISAT.
Prabhu Pingali, director of the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI), has been named chair of the governing board of the …
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TCI Welcomes Five New Scholars
Clockwise from top left: Kiera Crowley, Chanchal Pramanik, Shivranjani Baruah, Shree Saha, and Sonali Uppal joined TCI at the start of the fall 2020 semester.
Five new scholars joined the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and …
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Five TCI Scholars Earn PhDs
Cornell University graduates gather at the 2019 recognition ceremony for December graduates. (Photo by Lindsay France/UREL)
Five scholars from the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) completed their PhDs over the past few months, despite restrictions …
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TCI Alumnus Expands Research After Graduating
Naveen Sunder, who graduated from Cornell University with his PhD in economics in May 2019, didn’t join the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition until midway through his graduate studies, but nearly a year after graduating, he is still contributing to TCI’s research work. Now an assistant professor of economics at Bentley University, Sunder has …
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TCI Graduate Is Making Her Mark
Just one year after graduating with her PhD in applied economics and management, Vidya Vemireddy is continuing her research at one of India’s top universities. Vemireddy is an assistant professor at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, where she teaches MBA- and PhD-level courses on food and agribusiness.
TCI Director Calls for Investment in Rural Economic Growth
Boosting rural economies by increasing the productivity of small-farms and expanding non-farm job opportunities can reduce the number of impoverished Indians who migrate from rural to urban areas in search of profitable employment after the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new op-ed from Tata-Cornell Institute (TCI) director Prabhu Pingali and International Crops Research Institute for …
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TCI and AguaClara Provide Safe Water Systems to Two More Villages in Odisha
Yes, Women in India Are Consuming a Less Diverse Diet
Data collected by TCI researchers shows that Indian women eat less diverse diets than their households. (Photo by Evgeny Nelmin on Unsplash)
With nearly 55% of rural Indian women suffering from anemia and 30% considered to be underweight, it is no …
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