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TCI to Launch ‘Transforming Food Systems’ Book in India

January 10, 2020
Jan. 21 Update: A recording of the book launch event can be viewed on the IFPRI-South Asia Facebook page. The Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI), in collaboration with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Indian Council of Agricultural Research, and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), will hold a book launch of…
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TCI Featured in Cornell Alumni Magazine

December 23, 2019
The Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) is profiled in the November/December 2019 issue of Cornell Alumni Magazine. “It Takes a Village” explores the ways that TCI faculty and students work to fight malnutrition, poor sanitation, stunted growth, and more in India. Founded in 2013, TCI is a long-term research initiative focusing on the design and…
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TCI Scholar Publishes Study of Street-Level Bureaucracy in India

December 17, 2019
A study by TCI scholar Amrutha Jose Pampackal was published in “Transformative Law and Public Policy,” a new book that examines how judicial and political institutions are linked to the socioeconomic concerns of citizens. In “Implementers of law or policymakers too?” Pampackal explores the potential of street-level bureaucrats to act as policymakers in India. Pampackal’s study focuses…
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TCI Director Pens Chapter on Green Revolution 2.0 and Biodiversity

December 9, 2019
Dr. Prabhu Pingali, director of the Tata-Cornell Institute, wrote a chapter in “Biological Extinction: New Perspectives,” a new book exploring how increasing human pressure on the biosphere is driving biodiversity into a new mass extinction event. Pingali’s chapter focuses on the nascent second green revolution’s impact on biodiversity. In “The Green Revolution and Crop Biodiversity,”…
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Walmart Foundation Awards TCI $1M to Study Farmer Producer Organizations in India and Mexico

October 25, 2019
The Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) has been awarded a $1 million grant from the Walmart Foundation to assess challenges facing small-farm aggregation models in India and Mexico. The grant will fund a two-year study, “FPO-led Small Farm Market Access Models for the Future of Food Systems in India,” led by Prabhu Pingali,…
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Walmart Foundation Awards TCI $1M to Study Farmer Producer Organizations in India and Mexico

October 25, 2019
The Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) has been awarded a $1 million grant from the Walmart Foundation to assess challenges facing small-farm aggregation models in India and Mexico. The grant will fund a two-year study, “FPO-led Small Farm Market Access Models for the Future of Food Systems in India,” led by Prabhu Pingali,…
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Anaka Aiyar honored with Postdoctoral Achievement Award for Excellence in Leadership

September 20, 2019
Anaka Aiyar, a postdoctoral associate with the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, was honored by Cornell University’s Office of Postdoctoral Studies with the 2019 Postdoctoral Achievement Award for Excellence in Leadership. This article originally appeared on the Dyson BusinessFeed. At a glance: Award received Postdoctoral Achievement Award for Excellence in Leadership Awarding body Cornell…
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Aiyar recognized for excellence in leadership through Postdoc Achievement Award

September 19, 2019
Anaka Aiyar, postdoctoral fellow at the Tata-Cornell Institute and the Dyson School, has been awarded the Postdoc Achievement Award for Excellence in Leadership.  Awardees are nominated by letters from faculty, students, and colleagues and selected through a competitive review process facilitated by the Office of Postdoctoral Studies at Cornell University. Awards are announced during National Postdoc Appreciation…
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Aiyar recognized for excellence in leadership through Postdoc Achievement Award

September 19, 2019
Anaka Aiyar, postdoctoral fellow at the Tata-Cornell Institute and the Dyson School, has been awarded the Postdoc Achievement Award for Excellence in Leadership.  Awardees are nominated by letters from faculty, students, and colleagues and selected through a competitive review process facilitated by the Office of Postdoctoral Studies at Cornell University. Awards are announced during National Postdoc Appreciation…
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Examining the Indian nutrition transition: Reducing the risks for obesity by 2050

August 21, 2019
In the last 20 years, undernutrition as measured by stunting and underweight has been decreasing for children under five in India, but the progress towards its complete elimination has been slow. In the NFHS 2015-16, 38% of all children remained stunted and 29% were underweight. At the same time, the NFHS 2015-16 shows that nearly…