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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…
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Aquaculture and fish-focused internship yield net gains

August 15, 2019
Summer internships offer students experiential learning opportunities “that enhance and complement their career goals and academic progress, while enriching their undergraduate experience with diverse cultural and international immersion.” The Tata-Cornell Institute, in collaboration with the CALS Global Fellows Program, has developed summer internship opportunities in India based at research locations and in conjunction with field-based NGO…
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For Prabhu Pingali, India’s malnutrition puzzle is personal

July 31, 2019
It has been a long journey for Prabhu Pingali. After more than 40 years studying agriculture and food systems across the developing world, the founder of the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition is now focusing full time on his native India, trying to answer a riddle that has stumped a generation of scholars and policymakers. “This…
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‘One Nation One Ration Card’ can transform lives in India

July 30, 2019
Recently launched, One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) will enable better accessibility of the Public Distribution System in India. It will enable migrants to seamlessly access their entitlement, helping those discriminated against at one fair price shop (FPS) switch to another. This op-ed is by Mamata Pradhan (TCI-TARINA Associate Research Fellow) and Dr. Devesh Roy (IFPRI/A4NH). This article originally…
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‘One Nation One Ration Card’ can transform lives in India

July 30, 2019
Recently launched, One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) will enable better accessibility of the Public Distribution System in India. This op-ed by TARINA Research Fellow Dr. Mamata Pradhan & IFPRI’s Devesh Roy appears in The Hindu BusinessLine, a leading national daily newspaper of India.