This summer, Jocelyn Boiteau has been learning about food loss in the fruit and vegetable value chains in India. Hear from Jocelyn as she describes her exploratory research. Jocelyn Boiteau is a Tata-Cornell Scholar and second year PhD student at the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University.

For her PhD research, Payal Seth has been conducting ongoing fieldwork in Uttar Pradesh, India. In this video, Payal explains the crux of her research question and reflects on another summer of field-based research. Learn more about her research and fieldwork experiences. Payal Seth is a Tata-Cornell Scholar and third year PhD student at Cornell University’s Dyson School…

At the Tata-Cornell Institute (TCI), doing applied, on-the-ground research is a serious part of our mission. We believe that academic rigor and fieldwork go hand in hand. In this panel, Tata-Cornell Scholars discuss what they’ve gained from their experiences conducting a year of intensive fieldwork in India. Panel Moderator: Prabhu Pingali Professor of Applied Economics…

This book is based on a Festschrift organized to celebrate Hans Binswanger and the many contributions he has made to the field of agricultural and development economics. The book is edited by Prabhu Pingali (TCI) and Gerson Feder (IFPRI).

Odisha’s agriculture sector is largely dependent on small and marginal farmers, which comprise almost 80 percent of total farmers. Paddy is the staple cereal crop in the state, while other cereals and pulses account for a much smaller share of the gross cropped area. Vegetables and fruits fall even further behind. Thus, there is an immediate need for an “agriculture renaissance”…

The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 12, responsible consumption and production, aims to halve worldwide food waste and reduce global food loss by 2030. When thinking about this goal, many questions arise, such as: How is food loss and food waste defined? What metrics and methods are used to determine a baseline and measure progress? How does food loss and…

On 8 November 2016, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a demonetization policy not only to eliminate black currency, but also to promote a digital and cashless economy. The “Cashless India” and “Digital India” initiatives propose to reduce corruption at all levels of society by enforcing the use of cards, checks, or mobile phones for…

India has spent the last 50 years combating hunger by boosting its production of staple crops like wheat, rice and maize. The strategy has worked – up to a point. Now India struggles with chronic malnutrition and child stunting, even though it produces enough calories to keep hunger at bay. But new policies could diversify India’s diet…

This article in the Cornell Chronicle summarizes Tata-Cornell’s recommendations for food policy priorities in India and highlights our latest publication “The bumpy road from nutrition to food security – slow evolution of India’s food policy.”

A key feature of the Tata-Cornell experience is conducting fieldwork. As TCI Scholars, we gather primary data for our thesis research through a long-term engagement with villages in rural India.  Before we finalize our research questions, write a proposal and present the project to our PhD committee, we get a chance to conduct a summer…