A generous gift from the estate of Dr. Chandra Paul Singh will support Cornell University student internships with the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) in India. Run in partnership with the Global Fellows Program in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, TCI’s internship program sends deserving undergraduate students to India each summer….

Among development practitioners and policymakers, women’s education is a key tool for improving household nutrition, but according to new research from the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI), men’s education also plays an important role in improving the nutritional outcomes of both women and households. In a study published in the journal PLOS ONE,…

Replacing some of the rice provided through India’s Public Distribution System (PDS) could lower the costs associated with the subsidized food program by $770 million, according to new research from the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI). In a policy brief published on October 30, TCI details how the replacement of 1 kg of…

Prabhu Pingali, director of the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) delivered a virtual seminar hosted by the South Asia Section of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) on October 25. The seminar was entitled, “How to Fight Hunger and Food Insecurity (And How Not To)—Lessons from South Asia.” During the lecture, Pingali…

This blog post is part of TCI’s “Notes from the Field” series, which explores the personal side of the field-based research performed by TCI scholars as part of their graduate studies. Eight thousand, two hundred and fifty miles from Ithaca, NY, I finish my morning coffee and “open up shop” to welcome my data collection…

UPDATED NOV. 14, 2023: A recording of Bina Agarwal’s lecture is now available on YouTube: Bina Agarwal, professor of development economics and environment at the University of Manchester’s Global Development Institute, will deliver a distinguished lecture at Cornell University on Tuesday, October 31, from 3-4:40 p.m. EDT in Warren Hall B73. The lecture is titled,…

Madhura Swaminathan, a professor of economics at the Indian Statistical Institute in Bengaluru and a visiting professor at the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI), will deliver a lecture on food security in India on Wednesday, September 27, at 12:20 p.m. ET. The hybrid lecture will be held in Cornell University’s Emerson Hall 135…

Two economists have joined the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) as visiting faculty members. Madhura Swaminathan, a professor of economics at the Indian Statistical Institute in Bengaluru, will be at TCI for the fall 2023 semester. Ting Meng, an associate professor at the Academy of Global Food Economics and Policy in the College…

In the pursuit of a society where every woman finds solace within her home and community, away from the clutches of domestic violence and with assured equal rights, the state government of Bihar implemented a profound policy shift in 2016—a comprehensive alcohol ban, meticulously designed to provide a sanctuary of safety for women within their…

Today, 56% of the global population resides in urban areas. This proportion is expected to increase to 70%, with the change driven largely by Asian countries. In India alone, it is estimated that by 2050 the number of people living in urban areas will increase by 416 million people. This rise in urban populations will…