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.

Dr. Hans Binswanger gave the first TCI Distinguished Lecture on his forthcoming paper entitled The Impact of Urban Growth on Agricultural and Rural Non-Farm Income in Kenya. Dr. Binswanger is among the top ten Agricultural Economists in the World. This first TCI Distinguished Lecture is hosted in conjunction with the Cornell International Institute of Food,…

The Program in International Nutrition (PIN) Seminar at Cornell’s Division of Nutritional Sciences organizes a seminar series which meets throughout the academic year. On Thursday, April 14th, 2016, TCI Director Dr. Prabhu Pingali presents on “Promoting a more nutritious food system in India – the role of smallholder agriculture.” (12:20-1:10 p.m. in Savage Hall

Dr. Debbie Cherney, one of TCI’s Faculty Fellows and my committee chair, was graciously supported by TCI to visit India during Spring Break 2016. Dr. Cherney had never travelled to India previously, so this was an invaluable experience for her to observe India’s livestock systems. Lacking first-hand experience of India, she voiced that it was challenging to…

News of TARINA, our $13.4M Gates Foundation grant to help combat malnutrition in India, was featured on page 3 in the “Around the Quad” section of the latest edition of periodiCALS, the magazine of Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (Vol 6, Issue 1, 2016, page 3).

Small and marginal producers make up 85% of India’s agricultural sector. Among the major challenges they face are disadvantages with relation to accessing inputs, credit and markets resulting from poor bargaining power and scale.  Institutions such as cooperatives, local governing bodies and land rights are crucial for the development of the agricultural sector. Policy commitment…

By Harold van Es and Phil Frost Harold van Es is a Professor of Soil and Water Management and former Chair of the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences at Cornell University. Phil Frost is a Ph.D. student in Crop and Soil Sciences and a TCi Scholar. In the past year, the concept of soil…

Third Sector Partners, a leading senior management and board search firm in the Not for Profit sector, has been retained for the recruitment of this position. The location of the position is in New Delhi or Mumbai. Interested candidates can send in their CVs along with three references and a cover note to project.director.tci@gmail.com by 20…