Having been a farmer or living on a farm for most of my life, without having come across the concept of Soil Health and sustainable soil practices came as a bit of a shock to me – good shock and bad shock. Bad because I was disappointed that I had managed to miss something as…

The Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development (CIIFAD) sponsors a weekly international seminar series during the academic year. On October 21, 2015, Dr. Prabhu Pingali, Cornell Professor, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and Director of the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition, presented Addressing Malnutrition in India: The Tata-Cornell…

This Monday’s exciting announcement of the Nobel Prize in Economics being awarded to Angus Deaton is inspiring news for data enthusiasts and applied development economists everywhere. For those who do nutrition and poverty related research in India, Deaton’s insights have been particularly perceptive. Along with Jean Drèze, in his 2009 Economic and Political Weekly (EPW) article, Deaton drew our attention…

Academic conferences provide a great opportunity to share your work with other scholars in your specific and broader field of interest. I believe that presenting my research at conferences gave me an exposure to different facets of academic and professional development that are articulated as below: a) Networking: I came to meet reputed scholars in my…

With the Global Food Security Conference hosted at Cornell, TCi has worked hard behind the scenes to organize a thematic group (Theme 11: The agriculture-nutrition-health Nexus), coordinate conference volunteers, and offer funding for TCi Scholars and Young Indian Scholars to attend the proceedings.  We are thrilled so many minds dedicated to improving agriculture, nutrition and health in India could…

The 2nd International Conference on Global Food Security will be hosted at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, USA from October 11th – 14th, 2015. The line-up of TCI speakers can be found here.

The Tata-Cornell Agriculture and Nutrition Initiative (TCi) offered funding to bring Young Indian Scholars (Indian citizens based in India), who have an accepted paper/poster to the 2nd International Conference on Global Food Security. Diversity of perspectives and experiences must be prioritized, especially at a “global” event.  We look forward to hearing more about their work!  Look for these posters and presentations at the conference: Nambiar,…

The 2nd International Conference on Global Food Security will be hosted at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, USA from October 11th – 14th, 2015.  The conference is jam packed with many excellent keynotes, posters and presenters. (View the full conference program here.) Wondering how to pick?  Start with the folks from TCi! We proudly offer our list of…

By M.E. Valentine, K.C. McRoberts, and D.J. Cherney TCI Scholar Maureen Valentine is published in the latest volume of The Indian Journal for Small Ruminants. This article is based on research she completed while a Masters student with TCI.

Padmakumar of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) spoke about his research experiences involving smallholder livestock production in India. He is a livestock specialist currently managing the TATA-ILRI Programme on Enhancing Livelihoods Using Livestock Knowledge Systems. The event was held on Tuesday, October 2nd from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m on the Cornell University campus…