Tag: Markets & Value Chains
Is the Formation of Farmer Producer Organizations from Self-Help Groups the Key to Women’s Agricultural Development?
Self-help groups (SHGs) have been a source of women’s empowerment and livelihood development across India. SHGs are a small collection of individuals who meet and work together to encourage savings, provide microcredit, and promote entrepreneurship amongst members. However, the literature…
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…
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,…
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…
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...
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…
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…