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Farmers and Consumers Pay the Price for Burdensome GM Regulations: The Case of GM Mustard in India
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…

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TCI Publishes 2022-23 Annual Report
December 18, 2023
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…

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Gift Supports TCI Internships in India
December 14, 2023
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….

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Well-Educated Men Mean Well-Nourished Households
November 16, 2023
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,…

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Millets Make Sense for India’s PDS
October 30, 2023
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…

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TCI Director Delivers Lecture on Food Insecurity in South Asia
October 26, 2023
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…

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Notes from the Field: Counting Tomatoes and Making New Friends
October 20, 2023
by Jocelyn Boiteau
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…

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Development Economist Bina Agarwal to Deliver Lecture on Farmer Cooperation
September 28, 2023
UPDATED NOV. 14, 2023: A recording of Bina Agarwal’s lecture is now available on YouTube: Bina Agarwal, professor of development economics and environment at the University of Manchester’s Global Development Institute, will deliver a distinguished lecture at Cornell University on Tuesday, October 31, from 3-4:40 p.m. EDT in Warren Hall B73. The lecture is titled,…

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Visiting Professor to Give Seminar on Food Security in India
September 18, 2023
Madhura Swaminathan, a professor of economics at the Indian Statistical Institute in Bengaluru and a visiting professor at the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI), will deliver a lecture on food security in India on Wednesday, September 27, at 12:20 p.m. ET. The hybrid lecture will be held in Cornell University’s Emerson Hall 135…

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TCI Welcomes Two Visiting Professors
September 6, 2023
Two economists have joined the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) as visiting faculty members. Madhura Swaminathan, a professor of economics at the Indian Statistical Institute in Bengaluru, will be at TCI for the fall 2023 semester. Ting Meng, an associate professor at the Academy of Global Food Economics and Policy in the College…