Tag: data
Establishing the Minimum Nutrition Dataset for Agriculture: TCi works to fill the agriculture-nutrition data void
TCi Program/Research Manager Katie Ricketts describes how the Tata-Cornell Agriculture and Nutrition Initiative is working to fill the nutrition-agriculture data void by establishing a The Minimum Nutrition Dataset for Agriculture (MNDA).
A better understanding of the links between agriculture and…
MNDA pilot project begins
A recent post outlined TCi efforts to gather essential metrics to provide a standardized and streamlined way to measure nutrition status within current and existing agriculture surveys, through its Minimum Nutrition Dataset for Agriculture (MNDA). Here is an update on…
The first round of MNDA dietary diversity data collection concludes: Reflections from Dokur
TCi intern Christian DiRado-Owens, a development sociology student at Cornell University, reflects on the first round of data collection in the field. Christian is among five interns and TCi staff members who are spending the summer in India testing the…
The promise of iron-fortified food for India: What’s available?
TCi intern Alex King spent the summer in Mumbai researching and advancing TCi’s understanding of the iron-fortified food market. TCi is working to develop new products, partnerships and/or opportunities for promoting iron-fortified foods for rural and urban India. As of…
A minimum set of nutrition indicators for agriculture surveys: attempting to bridge the agriculture-nutrition data gap
Katie Ricketts is the Program/Research Manager for Tata-Cornell Agriculture and Nutrition Initiative (TCi), a long-term research initiative based at Cornell University.
For decades, agricultural surveys have focused on tracking household income and employment patterns, food supply and food prices, farm…
Starting upstream: Why are Indians not getting enough micronutrients?
Julia Felice is a Post-Doctoral Associate with TCi who examine national agriculture and nutrition data to elucidate elements of food insecurity that may result from inadequate availability of nutrients in the food supply vs. inadequate or inequitable accessibility of those…
The game of the name: matching names across datasets
Asha Sharma is a Post-Doctoral Associate with the TCi program, where she is working to quantify risks due to climate change on agriculture in India. Her research interests include the intersection of water resources, climate change, and food systems, and…
Nutrition Researchers – Look forward to new anthropometric data for India!
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…
Digging for Data: How TCI Helped ICRISAT Expand Its India Database
In 2018, the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) and its partner organization, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), began an initiative to create a comprehensive, one-stop shop for data related to India’s food system…
TCI and ICRISAT Develop Innovative Database for Indian Agriculture and Beyond
The Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) has partnered with the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) to develop a comprehensive database featuring information related to India’s food system and beyond. The District-Level Database for Indian…