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Prabhu Pingali and Chinmay Gotmare posing with signed copies of a memorandum of understanding between TCI and the Ministry of Agriculture

TCI Hands Off FPO Platform to Indian Ministry of Agriculture

The Farmer Producer Organization Platform for India, the only comprehensive database of Indian farmer producer organizations (FPOs), will be transferred to India’s Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare under an agreement with the platform’s creator, the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture…
Women farmers sorting chili pepper in a field

Key Findings from TCI’s Report on FPOs in India

Last month, we published “The State of Farmer Producer Organizations in India: Performance, Trends, and the Role of Gender.” The report offers an assessment India’s farmer producer organization (FPO) ecosystem, including survival rates, financial performance and governance models. In addition,…
Dietrich Bouma speaking at a podium

New Report Offers First-Ever Assessment of India’s Farmer Producer Organizations

A new report from the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) and the Bankers Institute of Rural Development (BIRD) Lucknow provides the first comprehensive assessment of the Indian government’s push to promote farmer producer organizations (FPOs) as a means…
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The State of Farmer Producer Organizations in India: Performance, Trends, and the Role of Gender

“The State of Farmer Producer Organizations in India: Performance, Trends, and the Role of Gender” answers critical questions about the ecosystem of farmer producer organizations (FPOs) in India, including national, state, and district-level FPO promotion and survival rates; FPO governance; and financial performance based on a...
A woman picks up a bag of potatoes at a market

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…
Tomatoes in plastic bags on a supermarket shelf

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…
A wall of colorful plastic crates filled with tomatoes

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…
Grapes, strawberries, and cut pineapple stored in round plastic containers

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…
Jocelyn Boiteau sitting next to a pile of green vegetables at a market

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…
A business woman looking at a map of FPOs in India on her computer

Enhanced FPO Platform for India Launches New Business Networking Feature

The Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI), with support from the Walmart Foundation, has enhanced the FPO Platform for India, introducing new data and features with information on nearly 45,000 farmer producer organizations (FPOs). The new platform includes a…