Dr. Mathew Abraham, Assistant Director, joined distinguished speakers for the book launch event for “Agriculture for Improved Nutrition: Seizing the Momentum” held on Feb 28, 2019.  Watch the Recording. In his comments, Dr. Abraham made the case for India to shift to a nutrition-focused agriculture sector, one that goes beyond staple grain productivity and instead emphasizes the production…

How people spend their time can influence their health, nutrition, and income. However, accurately measuring time use can be very challenging. In this blog, Vidya S.R. Vemireddy, a PhD candidate in applied economics at the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition at Cornell University, compares two methods of measuring time use – 24-hour recall surveys…

Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani recognizes Prof Prabhu Pingali with the Distinguished Alumnus Award 2018 for significant and outstanding contributions in Academia and Research. Dr. Pingali completed his M. A. (Hons.) in Economics BITS Pilani (Rajasthan) in 1977. Learn more about the award. About the Alumnus Prof. Prabhu. L. Pingali obtained his M.A. (Hons)…

Join Prof. Prabhu Pingali for a discussion on Agriculture & Food Systems to 2050 based on the new book (for which he is co-editor). Friday, November 16, 2018, 4-5:30 pm, Mann Library, Room 102. Reception to follow.

The Tata-Cornell Institute Distinguished Lecture, featuring Prof. Arvind Panagariya, discusses major trends in India’s economic development since 1947.  Watch the video of the lecture “Indian Economy: Where From and Where To.” The lecture was organized as a part of a series of events designed to mark five years of the Tata-Cornell Institute. About the Distinguished Speaker: Arvind Panagariya…

Much academic and policy interest has been generated in recent years to understand how the agricultural sector can be leveraged to address problems of malnutrition in developing countries. For improving nutrition among women in particular, agriculture─nutrition linkages are important, since agriculture is a major employer of women in countries like India. By being a source…

Levels of food loss are product and value chain specific. An important first step in determining methods and metrics to evaluate food loss of perishables was to identify the product (or products) and map the value chains. The objective of my fieldwork this summer was to identify a perishable vegetable important in the Indian food…

In the new PLOS One article, “The role of agriculture in women’s nutrition: Empirical evidence from India,” authors Dr. Tanvi Rao (Cornell Dyson PhD ’17 & Tata-Cornell Scholar) and Dr. Prabhu Pingali (TCI Founding Director) provide empirical evidence that explicitly links agricultural output and incomes to rural women’s nutrition outcomes in India. The pathway from agriculture to nutrition works…

They say “we are what we eat” but can it be that we are what the soil is? Soil forms the foundation of the food we eat. It also serves as the main reservoir of the water we drink, making it the sole source of nutrients taken-in by humans. Naturally, one could argue that the…

“He says orange-fleshed sweet potato has made his family healthier,” my translator, Shaktikar says as I scribble notes in a small notebook. I make sure not to disturb the iPhone pointed towards the farmer we’re interviewing. It is recording every word it can over the sounds of busy village life—squabbling kids, speeding motorcycles, lazing buffalos….