For the public distribution system in India, there are differential pathways of access as well as differences in quantities and prices, and quality of grains and services. This commentary, by Mamata Pradhan and Devesh Roy, appears in Economic and Political Weekly in EPW Vol. 54, Issue No. 26-27, on 29 June 2019. Read the full text below….

This thirteen-day PA & PE workshop will draw on the academic expertise of Cornell University as well as the large research network of GRAAM to provide participants with practical guidance for understanding Policy Analysis & Program Evaluation.This immersive workshop is intended to build capacity in the process and methods of program evaluation and evidence-based policy…

Despite broad economic progress, India continues to face persistent food insecurity, malnutrition, and high levels of stunting. This paradox is at the center of a new book by researchers at the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition, Transforming Food Systems for a Rising India, which brings together the latest data and evidence to map out the currents…

The launch of “Transforming Food Systems for a Rising India” reviews the findings and discusses the interventions needed to promote a nutrition-sensitive food system in India. Watch a recording of the event on YouTube. The event was held in Washington, D.C. at the International Food Policy and Research Institute on June 6, 2019. The Indian growth story…

Dainik Jagran is India’s leading Hindi language newspaper with a readership of 60 million. This op-ed on zero hunger in India is by Prof. Prabhu Pingali. Discussing the need for policy shifts to achieve SDG2, he explains how the availability of diversified food at the local level and affordability of these diets among households is…

Co-authors from the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition and the Dyson School have published a new book, Transforming Food Systems for a Rising India, as a reflection of the institute’s key intellectual results and research works undertaken within the past five years. This article originally appeared on the Dyson BusinessFeed. At a glance Book…

The BusinessFeed announces news and updates important to the “our business is a better world” mission of the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management; in this case, an article about the launch of TCI’s new Food Systems book. TCI makes its academic home at the Dyson School. About the book The Tata-Cornell Institute…

In the op-ed  “We’ll Be What We Eat,” Prof. Prabhu Pingali discusses what India will need to do to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG 2) of ‘Zero Hunger’ by 2030. To meet SDG2, India needs to reduce the number of its hungry by at least 200 million. Beyond access to sufficient food,…

With a five-fold increase in food grain production since 1947, India has moved away from its dependence on food aid to become a net food exporter. However, the country still shares a quarter of the global hunger burden. By 2011, India had been able to achieve the 2000 UN-sanctioned Millennium Development Goals’ (MDGs) poverty reduction target for 2015, but it…

This is an episode from the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast’s fourth season, “What Does Water Mean for Us Humans?” from Cornell University’s College of Arts & Sciences. Prof. Prabhu Pingali explains the impact of clean, piped-in water on women and girls in India. Read about the episode in the Cornell Chronicle. Review the transcript…