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…

By Erin Kelly Erin Kelly is a Communications Specialist at the International Center for Research on Women. This interview originally appeared on the ICRW website. On January 20th, ICRW awarded Dr. Soumya Gupta with the inaugural Paula Kantor Award for Excellence in Field Research, which honors the work of an up-and-coming research focused on alleviating gender inequality. Dr. Gupta’s work focuses on the linkages between…

We are pleased to announce a new member of the Tata-Cornell team. Ms. Sandy Stickler is joining the TCI staff as an Administrative Assistant. We are glad to have you on board. Welcome to TCI!