Tag: Ag2Nut
The Sow and Grow Study: Linking Nutrition and Agriculture for Healthy Infant Growth (Part II)
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…
GFS Conference Kickoff: Poster tours + face-to-face connections
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…
TCI holds public policy panel discussion in New Delhi on food systems diversity to celebrate the inauguration of TARINA
How can policymakers, investors and development practitioners improve the affordability and availability of diverse, high-quality and nutrient-rich foods in India?
This is the question that set the stage for the policy dialogue in New Delhi on August 5th, 2016, held…
Promoting a more nutritious food system in India: The role of smallholder agriculture
Dr. Prabhu Pingali, Director of the Tata-Cornell Institute (TCI) & Professor of Applied Economics at Cornell University, delivered an opening lecture, titled “Promoting a More Nutritious Food System in India: The Role of Smallholder Agriculture,” at the Agricultural Economics Research…
Engendering food systems for improved nutrition
TCI-TARINA and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) co-hosted a special session, titled “Engendering Food Systems for Improved Nutrition,” at the Agricultural Economics Research Association’s 24th Annual Conference on December 16th, 2016. The primary objective of this event was…
Videos from the Field: Krystal Rampalli
Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) have been used to help agriculture communities improve their farming knowledge and market strategies. Over the summer, Krystal Rampalli has been talking with farmers and programs across India that use ICT for Ag, to understand…
Farmers’ decision making and perceived benefits of orange-fleshed sweet potato adoption
“He says orange-fleshed sweet potato has made his family healthier,” my translator, Shaktikar says as I scribble notes in a small notebook. I make sure not to disturb the iPhone pointed towards the farmer we’re interviewing. It is recording every…
Why agricultural income growth is critical for young women’s nutrition
Much academic and policy interest has been generated in recent years to understand how the agricultural sector can be leveraged to address problems of malnutrition in developing countries. For improving nutrition among women in particular, agriculture─nutrition linkages are important, since…
Collecting time use data: Accelerometers or survey methods?
How people spend their time can influence their health, nutrition, and income. However, accurately measuring time use can be very challenging. In this blog, Vidya S.R. Vemireddy, a PhD candidate in applied economics at the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and…