Soumya Gupta is a PhD candidate at Cornell’s Dyson School and a research scholar with the Tata-Cornell Agriculture and Nutrition Initiative (TCi).  This blog first appeared on the Economics That Really Matters blog (www.econthatmatters.com). My dissertation research (described in greater detail here) focuses on linkages between agriculture and health. I look at how different farming systems influence women’s…

Emily Bielecki, a Ph.D. Candidate in International Nutrition at Cornell University with Dr.Shambhavi Singh, Community Empowerment Lab (CEL) Project Director, and Dr.Swati Dixit, Post Doctoral Fellow at CEL share their experiences with the insertion of an agriculture module into a multi-component nutrition and child growth survey in Shivgarh, Uttar Pradesh, where they are studying how agricultural seasonality and…

With thanks to the generous gift from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, this four-year grant establishes Technical Assistance and Research for Indian Nutrition and Agriculture (TARINA), a consortium linking Cornell with university and non-governmental organizations to scale-up our work promoting a more nutrition-sensitive food system in India. TARINA is launching this month (December 2015).

Hilary Byerly is a Masters student at Cornell’s Dyson School and a research assistant for the Tata-Cornell Agriculture and Nutrition Initiative (TCi). The narrative of the Green Revolution in India is familiar to agricultural development practitioners. High-yield varieties of wheat and rice introduced in the 1960s, along with access to modern inputs such as fertilizer and…

Agriculture For Nutrition: Getting Policies Right by Prabhu Pingali, Katie Ricketts, and David E. Sahn was published as a chapter in the book The Fight Against Hunger and Malnutrition: The Role of Food, Agriculture, and Targeted Policies, Edited by David E. Sahn.

In the volume Paths of Convergence for Agriculture, Health, and Wealth, the leading article Agriculture, health, and wealth convergence: bridging traditional food systems and modern agribusiness solutions was prepared by the volume’s co-editors: Laurette Dubé, Patrick Webb, Narendra K. Arora and Prabhu Pingali. TCI’s work on the Minimum Nutrition Dataset for Agriculture (MNDA) was also…

Emily Bielecki, a Ph.D. Candidate in International Nutrition at Cornell University with Dr. Shambhavi Singh, Community Empowerment Lab (CEL) Project Director, and Dr. Swati Dixit, Post Doctoral Fellow at CEL share their experiences with anthropometry training and standardization at their field site in Shivgarh, Uttar Pradesh, where they are studying how agricultural seasonality and the…

TCi is calling for submissions for its 2nd Annual Photo Contest.  Entries will be accepted beginning on December 15, 2014 and closing on February 15, 2015. The theme for this year is “Unexpected India: The people, places and ideas that are driving India’s transformation,” and it will highlight the personal connections and experiences between Cornell staff, students, and…

TCi 2013-2014 Annual Report We are pleased to share this year’s annual report!  To learn more about our accomplishments and understand where we hope to go next, be sure to check out the Research Highlights and Beyond 2014 sections.  Many thanks to our partners, affiliates and supporters for making our first year a success!

The Cornell Chronicle covered our Annual Event on Friday, December 5th. The event featured student research presentations and comments from our partners and supporters, highlighting the work and accomplishments of TCI in its first year.