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 the Semi-Arid Tropics India…

In this blog post, TCI associate director Bhaskar Mittra discusses the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has created opportunities for innovation along India’s agricultural supply chains that can benefit farmers and consumers alike. The COVID-19 pandemic has opened new opportunities around agricultural markets, especially for fruits and vegetables. The most perishable agricultural products, fruits and…

The partnership between the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) and AguaClara Reach continues to bear fruit in India, where water disinfection systems were recently installed in two villages in Odisha. The new Hydrodoser systems were inaugurated in the villages of Patimul and Majhi Ukhura, providing safe drinking water to approximately 260 people. The Hydrodoser is a hydraulic chemical dosing…

With nearly 55% of rural Indian women suffering from anemia and 30% considered to be underweight, it is no surprise that researchers and policymakers alike are interested in ways to assess and improve women’s diets. In a newly published paper in the Food and Nutrition Bulletin, Tata-Cornell Institute (TCI) researchers compare household and women’s diet diversity…

Hundreds of people across the world tuned in to watch the launch of the Tata-Cornell Institute’s new report, Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition in India 2020: Leveraging Agriculture to Achieve Zero Hunger (FAN 2020), on Tuesday, August 4, 2020. The virtual event featured an expert panel composed of Trilochan Mohapatra, Indian Council of Agricultural Research; Ramesh Chand, NITI…

The Hindu, one of the largest English-language newspapers in South India, reported on the Tata-Cornell Institute’s latest report, a study of the impact of COVID-19 on Indian food prices. The study found that the prices of nutrient-rich foods like pulses increased as a result of the nationwide lockdown instituted in response to the pandemic, while the prices…

TCI scholar Jocelyn Boiteau presented her research on food loss in Indian tomato supply chains during the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health Academy Week 2020, held virtually from June 30-July 2. Academy Week brings together the community of researchers, practitioners, and policymakers working at the intersection of agriculture, nutrition, and health to foster knowledge exchange, innovation, and learning. A…

In this blog post, Kiera Crowley, co-author of Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition in India 2020, discusses how she created a cropping systems map for the report and why the cropping systems approach is important for improving agricultural productivity in India. As presented in the TCI report, Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition in India 2020: Leveraging Agriculture to Achieve…

In this blog post, TCI associate director Bhaskar Mittra explores how the return home of millions of migrant workers during India’s COVID-19 lockdown will impact rural agriculture and how the Indian government can mitigate its negative consequences. With the onset of the COVID-19 crisis and the subsequent nationwide lockdown in March, many migrants and informal workers living…

The Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) will hold a virtual launch event for one of its newest reports, Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition in India 2020: Leveraging Agriculture to Achieve Zero Hunger (FAN 2020), on August 4, 2020, from 8-9:30 a.m. EDT/5:30-7 p.m. IST. The event, which will be livestreamed at facebook.com/tatacornellinstitute, features a panel of esteemed…