Tag: Gender & Nutrition

Essays on the Effects of Migration & Remittances on Households in Rural India
Abstract This dissertation focuses on the effects of migration and remittances on the welfare of families left-behind, in the context of farming households in rural India. Labor migration is heavily male dominant in India, and women and children are often left behind. Though internal migration...

Study: Causes of Obesity in India Depend on Age, Gender, and Where You Live
Obesity is on the rise in India, and a new front in the struggle to improve nutrition in the country of 1.36 billion people has emerged. New research from the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) sheds light on…

Measuring Women’s Self-Help Group Performance in India
TCI-TARINA Policy Brief No. 7, May 2017

Guidelines for Assessing Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture
TCI-TARINA Training Manual No. 2, September 2016

TARINA District Fact Sheet on Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture
TCI-TARINA District Fact Sheet No. 3, August 2019

TARINA District Fact Sheet on Maternal and Child Health
TCI-TARINA District Fact Sheet No. 2, May 2018

TARINA District Fact Sheet on Dietary Diversity
TCI-TARINA District Fact Sheet No. 1, May 2018

Indian Women’s Nutrition Suffered during COVID-19 Lockdown
The 2020 nationwide lockdown India imposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic caused disruptions that negatively impacted women’s nutrition, according to a new study from the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition.
Published in the journal Economia Politica, the study…

2020-21 Annual Report: Migration’s Impact on Rural Households
This article originally appeared in TCI’s 2020-21 Annual Report. Download the report (PDF) to read more.
Across India, as many as 450 million people migrate from their homes in search of work. Most of these migrants are men from rural…

TCI Publishes 2020-21 Annual Report
The Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) has published its 2020-21 Annual Report.
The report offers an in-depth look at the full range of TCI’s research and other activities, such as its signature project, Technical Assistance and Research for…