What are the challenges in designing projects with successful monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems? How do you ensure data collection for M&E is reliable? What is a “theory of change,” and how can it shape M&E over the course of a development project’s lifetime? These are a few of the major questions raised during the…

This journal article by Dr. Prabhu Pingali and TCI Scholar Naveen Sunder appears in the Annual Review of Resource Economics (Volume 9, 2017). Review in Advance first posted online on April 3, 2017. The volume (9) goes to print in November 2017.

In a piece appearing in The Wire,  “UP Shows Growing Importance of Food Policy in Regional Politics,” Dr. Rahman examines the latest regional political developments in Uttar Pradesh and discusses important trends in economics, food policy and regionalism. The Wire is an independent, online news publication based in New Delhi.

Iron, an important micronutrient for normal body functioning and stamina, is deficient across the world and severely affects women and children in developing countries as reported by WHO. Common symptoms of iron deficiency lead to lower level of stamina, fatigue and muscle pain, consequently decreasing productivity and hence, the standard of life. Despite such serious consequences, dietary iron intake is low…

Over the last year, I was conducting fieldwork in the Kandhamal District of Odisha, India. We implemented a goat feeding experiment with Kondha tribal farmers in the forest fringe areas of Tikabali Block. Livestock management in the project area was extensive (as opposed to intensive) where animals openly graze with minimal or no oversight. Quantity and quality of grazing areas have…

On Wednesday, March 22nd, TCI Director Prabhu Pingali presented “Promoting a More Nutritious Food System in India – Progress Report on the BMGF Grant to TCI.” This event occured on Cornell’s Ithaca campus. This seminar is co-sponsored by CIIFAD and the Soil and Crop Sciences Section of SIPS, the Department of Natural Resources, and The Dyson School of Applied…

Every year, 188,000 children under five in India die due to diarrhea-related illnesses. This catastrophic burden on children’s health is largely due to the fact that over a third of the Indian population defecates in the open. Open defecation (OD) also has strong gender impacts; women feel constrained to relieve themselves only under the cover of…

Prof. Prabhu Pingali, Director of TCI traveled to Vatican City to participate in a workshop on “Biological Extinction” organized by the Vatican Academy of Sciences from February 27 to March 1, 2017. He presented his paper on “The Green Revolution and Crop Biodiversity”.

By Prabhu Pingali, Megan Witwer, & Mathew Abraham. This chapter appears in International Society and Sustainable Development Goals (pp. 175–202), edited by P. D. Y. Lalaguna, C. M. D. Barrado, & C. R. F. Liesa. Pamplona, Spain: Thomson Reuters Aranzadi.(2016). Learn more about the book and its launch.

On February 24, 2017, TCI-TARINA hosted a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) strategy workshop in New Delhi. Dr. Mark Constas (TCI Fellow) and Dr. Prabhu Pingali (TCI Director), both of whom are Professors of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University, led the workshop titled “M&E Systems for Organizational Effectiveness: Why Organizations Should Care and Strategies for Engagement.” Dr. Constas and…