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Towards an agenda for addressing the agriculture-nutrition nexus
July 3, 2013
by Prabhu Pingali
I started in my new role as the Director of the Tata-Cornell Agriculture and Nutrition Initiative just over a month ago. This Cornell University initiative has been set up with a generous endowment from the Tata Trusts to take on an enormous challenge: addressing the problem of persistent malnutrition and poverty in India. Our task…

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The Role of Women in Water Projects in India
March 8, 2013
Our partner AguaClara Reach is increasing access to safe drinking water on tap through simple, affordable, gravity-powered technologies. The Tata-Cornell Institute supports their expansion into eastern India (and you can too!). Learn more about women’s significant involvement to make these community water projects a success. When we first landed in India in early 2013, we…