This book chapter by Prabhu Pingali, David Spielman, and Fatima Zaidi examines the role and contribution of the donor community and official development assistance to agriculture research for development (AR4D). It appears in the book Agricultural Research in Africa: Investing in Future Harvests.

In the August 2016 e-Magazine by BioVoice News, reporter Rahul Koul captures his conversation with TCI Director Dr. Prabhu Pingali during his latest visit to India for the TARINA work, including promoting policy dialog on the role of agriculture in addressing malnutrition.

How can policymakers, investors and development practitioners improve the affordability and availability of diverse, high-quality and nutrient-rich foods in India? This is the question that set the stage for the policy dialogue in New Delhi on August 5th, 2016, held as part of the inauguration of the Tata-Cornell Institute’s (TCI) new project: Technical Assistance and…

A public policy panel discussion on “Promoting Diversity in Food Systems for Improved Nutrition Outcomes in India” was held in New Delhi on August 5th to celebrate the inauguration of the TARINA project. The debate was led by six distinguished speakers representing the government, academic and donor community. Deliberations focused on key challenges that constrain…

In this latest interview, TCI Director Dr. Prabhu Pingali talks with Business Today – a popular media outlet in India – to discuss agriculture policy and the food system as they relate to positive nutrition outcomes for India’s future.

From the BioVoice News Desk, “Leading experts from India and abroad gathered in New Delhi recently to deliberate on the important subject of agriculture diversity and its impact on the availability of nutrition to the masses.” This was TARINA’s inaugural public policy forum. Speakers included Dr. Prabhu Pingali (Director, Tata-Cornell Institute), Dr. Purvi Mehta (BMGF);…

The study on understanding the existing patterns of intra household allocation of food and nutrition dynamics was conducted by four students from Cornell University as part of their seven-week TCI summer internship hosted by ICRISAT. Initial findings revealed that female adolescents were diet deficient despite households being diet sufficient, while male adolescents were diet sufficient…

During the first meeting of the TARINA Consortium in New Delhi from the 14th-16th of December 2015, partner organizations gathered to jointly agree on areas of intervention, research and activities that will be carried out under the project’s Results Framework. Opportunities for integrating nutrition-sensitive objectives, actions and metrics into agricultural and rural development initiatives led by NGO…

The TARINA Consortium carried out a Food Systems Diagnostic Study (FSDS) in targeted project locations from February through early March 2016. The broad goal of the FSDS was to understand the local food systems contexts in which TARINA will be implemented. Designed as a rapid assessment exercise, the FSDS supports efforts to refocus agricultural projects…

By Prabhu Pingali In the Opinion pages of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Dr. Prabhu Pingali writes “The hunger metrics mirage: There’s been less progress on hunger reduction than it appears” – an analysis of the hunger metrics within the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and World Food Summit goals.