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Critical ties: India is first destination on Cornell University President’s alumni tour
January 10, 2018
Cornell University and Indian institutes are jointly working on research projects on poverty, malnutrition, health, land use and rural development. In an interview with The Hindustan Times, President Martha Pollack cites the Tata-Cornell Institute as top example of Cornell engagement in India.

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Video Coverage for 2017 Annual Celebration
December 29, 2017
At the end of each year, the Tata-Cornell Institute holds a special event to publically report on our research findings as well as to share project updates from our field locations in India. We also launch our Annual Report. The event was held on Friday, December 8th, 2017. For full video coverage, please visit: Presentations include: Welcome & Opening…

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Call for Applications: TCI Summer Internship
December 10, 2017
We are pleased to offer funding for a 6-8 week student internship program in India during the Summer of 2018. Funding will be awarded on a competitive basis. Interns will contribute to the ongoing research projects developed by TCI in conjunction with our flagship project TARINA. Placements may also be available with one of our partner…

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2017 Annual Report
December 8, 2017
We are pleased to release the Tata-Cornell Institute 2017 Annual Report, which highlights each of our distinct research initiatives and summarizes ongoing activities based in India. Information about TCI’s flagship project Technical Assistance and Research for Indian Nutrition and Agriculture (TARINA) can be found in the TARINA 2017 at a Glance Report.

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You’re invited! Tata-Cornell Annual Celebration on Friday, December 8th
December 4, 2017
Join us for our year-end celebration as we reflect on the activities and accomplishments of 2017 and launch this year’s annual report. 401 Warren Hall | 3:30-5:00 p.m. | Reception to Follow Special remarks from: Prabhu Pingali, Director of the Tata-Cornell Institute Max Pfeffer, Executive Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Research…

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Annual Celebration Event on Friday, December 8th
December 2, 2017
Join us for our year-end celebration as we reflect on the activities and accomplishments of 2017 and launch this year’s annual report. 401 Warren Hall | 3:30-5:00 p.m. | Reception to Follow

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TCI-TARINA participates in the International Conference on Rural Management in Bhubaneswar
November 25, 2017
Improving the quality of life for rural people is key to sustainable development in countries like India, where one-third of the population lives in villages. At the first International Conference on Rural Management (ICRM), professionals gathered to share evidence and best practices on topics essential to advancing rural development in India, such as improved agriculture and better access to health care…

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Transitioning Toward Nutrition-Sensitive Food Systems
November 20, 2017
Food systems are typically defined as comprising all activities that are part of the production, distribution, and consumption of food. This includes (but is not restricted to) processes such as cultivation, harvesting, maintaining livestock, postproduction processing, packaging, storing, transport, selling, and consumption. In TCI’s conceptual framework, we extend this definition of a food system to also…

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Farm to Table Talk Podcast
November 18, 2017
Farm to Table Talk is a podcast which “explores issues and the growing interest in the story of how and where the food on our tables is produced, processed and marketed.” In this episode, Prabhu Pingali (TCI Director) and Maureen Valentine (Tata-Cornell Scholar) are interviewed about the changing food system in India. Listen Here: Episode Summary: Improving food systems is a high…

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Publication in Food Security by Gupta, Pingali & Pinstrup-Andersen
November 13, 2017
Check out our newest publication, “Women’s Empowerment in Indian Agriculture: Does Market Orientation of Farming Systems Matter?” in the journal Food Security. This paper studies the relationship between the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) and market orientation of farm production in India. This is the first time that the WEAI has been used in an…