Tag: Gender & Nutrition
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…
COVID-19 and Women’s Nutrition Security: Panel Data Evidence from Rural India
Abstract In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, India implemented a stringent nationwide lockdown. Although food value chains and allied activities were exempted from the lockdown, there were widespread disruptions in food access and availability. Using two-panel datasets, we distinguish the pandemic’s impact on non-staples versus...
Three Essays On Agriculture – Nutrition Linkages: Women’s Iron Status and Empowerment In Agriculture In Chandrapur, India
Cornell University, 2016 Abstract: Agriculture based approaches are increasingly being propagated for tackling micronutrient malnutrition. Women constitute 30% of the agricultural labor force in India. However very little research has systematically examined the connection between farming systems and the status of women, that is their level...
TCI to Co-Host Panel Discussion on Gender, Nutrition, and Agriculture
The Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) is co-hosting a webinar on “Gender, Nutrition, and Agriculture” on Thursday, April 8, at 8 a.m. EDT/5:30 p.m. IST. The event is the third in a series of policy discussions on food,…
Increased Agricultural Work Worsens Women’s Nutrition
Researchers from the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) say that programs aimed at improving nutritional outcomes in rural India must account for how the time constraints imposed on women by domestic and agricultural work affect their nutritional status.…