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…

The latest episode of the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast series, explains the impact of clean, piped-in water on women and girls in India. This story originally appeared in the Cornell Chronicle. “Clean Water,” a new episode of the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast series, explains the impact of clean, piped-in water on women and…

The latest episode of the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast series, explains the impact of clean, piped-in water on women and girls in India. A recording and transcript of the podcast is available.  This story originally appeared in the Cornell Chronicle.  “Clean Water,” a new episode of the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast series, explains the…

Till Ludwig is a Research Fellow at the Center for Development Research (ZEF) in Bonn, Germany. His research focuses on research focus on behavioral economics, consumer choices and poverty studies in India, He presented on, “The Effect of Individual Preferences on Food and Nutrition Security: Evidence of How Risk Preference and Altruism Affect Food Consumption Choices”. The…

The Division of Nutritional Sciences (DNS) and the Tata-Cornell Institute(TCI) co-hosted a seminar featuring Dr. John McDermott, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH), led by IFPRI. The speaker presented on, “Improving nutrition and health through agriculture: What have we learned? What’s next?” A lunchtime Q&A was organized immediately following the seminar so…

In a new book published by FAO and Elsevier, Dr. Prabhu Pingali writes on the public policies necessary to achieve sustainable food and agriculture systems.  See Chapter 45 in Sustainable Food and Agriculture: An Integrated Approach. Chapter Abstract Over the past 50 years, agricultural growth has contributed to jumpstarting overall economic growth and poverty reduction in many countries,…