Tag: Food Safety, Water & Sanitation
Looking Towards the Future of Effective and Sustainable Food Packaging
This is the final post in a four-part series exploring the connection between food packaging and food loss and waste within sustainable food systems, focusing on nutritious, perishable foods. Throughout this series, food loss and waste will be defined as…
Small Packs With Big Impact: The Role of Consumer Packaging
This blog post is the third in a four-part series exploring the connection between food packaging and food loss and waste within sustainable food systems, focusing on nutritious, perishable foods. Throughout this series, food loss and waste will be defined…
Reduce and Reuse: The Hidden Challenges of Bulk Packaging
This blog post is the second in a series exploring the connection between food packaging and food loss and waste within sustainable food systems, focusing on nutritious, perishable foods. Throughout this series, food loss and waste will be defined as…
Amplifying India’s Efforts Against Anemia
This policy brief presents the results of a study of the impact of the Anemia Mukt Bharat (Anemia-Free India) and Swachh Bharat Mission (Clean India Mission) on anemia in children. Researchers mapped indicators from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) at the individual, household, and...
Food Packaging and the Food Loss and Waste Challenge
This blog post is the first in a series exploring the connection between food packaging and food loss and waste within sustainable food systems, focusing on nutritious, perishable foods. Throughout this series, FLW will be defined as a reduction in…
Alumna Builds on Doctoral Research with New Book on Food Loss and Waste
Most nutritionists are concerned with what foods people are putting into their bodies. Tata-Cornell Institute (TCI) alumna Jocelyn Boiteau is troubled by the food that doesn’t make it there—the fruits and vegetables that wither on the vine, are lost in…
Multisectoral Convergence of Food, Nutrition and Sanitation Programs for Child Health: Evidence From Country-Level Programs in India
Abstract This paper underscores the critical role of multisectoral convergence in enhancing child health, particularly in addressing anemia, a micronutrient deficiency linked to both diet and sanitation. We explore how the integration of nationwide food and nutrition programs with sanitation initiatives impacts anemia in Indian...
Interministerial Coordination Can Boost India’s Fight Against Anemia
A new Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) study on the impact of government nutrition and sanitation programs on anemia in India underscores the importance of a systematic approach that leverages all available pathways to reducing the disease.
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New Book Tackles Food Loss and Waste
Each year, about 32% of the food produced across the world is lost or wasted. Tackling food loss and waste has been on the global agenda for decades, with policymakers citing it as a contributing factor to issues like food…
Wasted Potential: Tackling Food Loss and Waste Across Transforming Food Systems
As the world seeks to achieve zero hunger and mitigate the environmental degradation tied to food production and consumption, reducing food loss and waste is a critical challenge for policymakers in developed and developing countries alike. Wasted Potential: Tackling Food Loss and Waste Across Transforming...