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After Conducting a Nutrition Study in India, a TCI Alumna Goes Global
April 11, 2022
As a TCI scholar pursuing a PhD in international nutrition, Kathryn Merckel led a trial testing the potential of orange-fleshed sweet potato to improve nutritional outcomes in Uttar Pradesh, India. After graduating in 2020, Merckel now works to improve nutrition through interventions across the world as the associate director for nutrition and food systems at…

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TCI Director Talks Climate Change and Food Systems
April 11, 2022
In an interview with The Times of India, Prabhu Pingali, founding director of the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) at Cornell University, explained that while climate change poses a serious threat to India’s food system, timely adaptations can mitigate the worst of its effects. Asked about the vulnerability of India’s food system to…

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Soil Health: What You Should Know
April 4, 2022
by Kavya Krishnan
Healthy soils are key to producing nutritious foods. In hopes of boosting agricultural productivity in India, TCI’s Soil Health Project in Bihar examines the links between soil health, land management, and cropping systems to assess their impact on agricultural yields. But what is soil health, why do we care so much about it, and how…

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Researchers Urge Smarter Pursuit of SDGs
March 24, 2022
Policymakers seeking to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs) like zero hunger should be mindful of how the pursuit of one goal can aid or impede progress toward others, researchers for the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) say in a new article in the journal Environmental Challenges. The SDGs are a collection of 17…

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TCI Helps Students Solve Food Systems Problems at Digital Ag Hackathon
March 21, 2022
Students representing 28 different fields across Cornell University competed to find the best digital solution to food systems challenges at the fourth annual Digital Agriculture Hackathon, held from March 11-13. The Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) cosponsored the event, which was hosted by the Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture (CIDA). The hackathon is an interdisciplinary event…

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TCI Cosponsors Digital Ag Hackathon
March 4, 2022
The Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) is a cosponsor of the 2022 Digital Ag Hackathon organized by the Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture (CIDA). Open to all Cornell University undergraduate and graduate students, the hackathon takes place March 11-13. Now in its fourth year, the Digital Ag Hackathon is an interdisciplinary event that…

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Rediscovering Resilient and Sustainable Food Systems in India’s Santhal Parganas Region
March 3, 2022
by Arundhita Bhanjdeo, Ayesha Pattnaik
When one-third of the world’s population went into lockdown in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, challenges of global food security came to the fore. In India, the country-wide lockdown threatened the entire food system. Disrupted food production and supply chains induced by an external shock in the form of the pandemic exposed multiple…

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Expert Panel Addresses Agriculture and Climate Change in India
February 17, 2022
A panel of experts at a webinar hosted by the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) on Tuesday, February 15, spoke about the links between agriculture and climate change and the potential to create zero-hunger, zero-carbon food systems in India. “How do we get to our zero-hunger goal while at the same time being…

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Op-Ed Urges India to Adapt to Aging Population
February 1, 2022
India’s falling birth rate will necessitate some policy changes to effectively manage the fiscal and health-related challenges associated with aging populations, TCI Director Prabhu Pingali and gender and nutrition specialist Shubh Swain argue in an op-ed published in The Financial Express. Recent survey data shows that India’s fertility rate has fallen below the replacement rate,…

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TCI to Host Webinar on Climate Change and Agriculture
January 31, 2022
Can India achieve zero hunger while significantly lowering the greenhouse gas emissions associated with its agricultural sector? The Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) at Cornell University will host a webinar with leading experts to tackle this question and understand the significant challenges in achieving a zero-hunger, zero-carbon agricultural system in India. Entitled “Zero-Hunger,…