With a growing economy and increasing clout on the world stage, India is a success story among developing countries, but persistently high poverty and malnutrition rates threaten to leave millions of lives behind. A new book authored by researchers at the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) argues that India needs to rethink its…

The nutrition of Indian children suffered dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research from the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) that found a sharp rise in underweight children. In a study published in Economic and Political Weekly, TCI researchers analyzed pre- and post-pandemic survey data on children’s health and nutrition. They…

With hunger again on the rise across South Asia, a coordinated approach that aligns activities on the local, national, and international levels is needed to address the region’s malnutrition challenges, according to a new report from the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI). Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition in South Asia: Building Healthy, Sustainable Food…

Policymakers in India have taken the first step to allow commercial cultivation of genetically modified (GM) mustard. The conditional approval for the environmental release of the Dhara Mustard Hybrid (DMH)-11 and its parental events bn3.6 and modbs2.99, given by the government in October 2022, signifies a shift in a policy stance held for more than a decade…

The Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) has published its 2022-23 Annual Report. The report offers an in-depth look at the full range of TCI’s research and other activities, including grant-funded projects like the FPO Platform for India and field research performed by TCI scholars pursuing graduate degrees. It also provides a recap of the Institute’s 10th…

A generous gift from the estate of Dr. Chandra Paul Singh will support Cornell University student internships with the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) in India. Run in partnership with the Global Fellows Program in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, TCI’s internship program sends deserving undergraduate students to India each summer….

Among development practitioners and policymakers, women’s education is a key tool for improving household nutrition, but according to new research from the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI), men’s education also plays an important role in improving the nutritional outcomes of both women and households. In a study published in the journal PLOS ONE,…

Replacing some of the rice provided through India’s Public Distribution System (PDS) could lower the costs associated with the subsidized food program by $770 million, according to new research from the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI). In a policy brief published on October 30, TCI details how the replacement of 1 kg of…

Prabhu Pingali, director of the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) delivered a virtual seminar hosted by the South Asia Section of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) on October 25. The seminar was entitled, “How to Fight Hunger and Food Insecurity (And How Not To)—Lessons from South Asia.” During the lecture, Pingali…

This blog post is part of TCI’s “Notes from the Field” series, which explores the personal side of the field-based research performed by TCI scholars as part of their graduate studies. Eight thousand, two hundred and fifty miles from Ithaca, NY, I finish my morning coffee and “open up shop” to welcome my data collection…