Tag: Markets & Value Chains
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...
TCI Publishes 2024–25 Annual Report
The Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) has published its 2024–25 Annual Report.
The report offers an in-depth look at the full range of TCI’s research and other activities, including grant-funded projects like the Zero-Hunger, Zero-Carbon Food Systems project…
TCI Researchers Awarded Grant to Study Impact of Portable Food Benefits in India
A researcher from the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) and a TCI-supported graduate student were awarded a grant from the Polson Institute for Global Development to study the impact of reforms designed to help migrants access benefits from…
TCI Meets with Mexican Secretary of Agriculture to Discuss FPO Research
Researchers from the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) met with Mexico’s secretary of agriculture and rural development, Julio Berdegué Sacristán, on Friday, September 5, in Tlaxcala, Mexico. The researchers were invited to discuss potential collaboration to promote the…
Understanding Chicken’s Ascendant Position on Indian Plates
It is a common misconception in the West that the people of India are all vegetarians. In fact, only 30% of the Indian population is vegetarian, a figure that varies significantly by region, caste and religion. Despite being home to…
Q&A: What Are Value Chains and How Can They Improve Indian Diets?
In May 2025, the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) announced its newest project, Promoting Value Chains for Climate Resilience and Nutritious Diets. TCI researchers will map and analyze the value chains for key nonstaple food groups in India—coarse…
TCI Researchers Offer Plan to Reduce Environmental Impact of PDS
India can reduce the negative environmental impact of the Public Distribution System (PDS) by replacing some of the rice and wheat procured for the program with millets and including more states in the procurement process, researchers from the Tata-Cornell Institute…
Selecting the Best AI Search Tool for the FPO Platform for India
When I first heard about the Tata-Cornell Institute’s FPO Platform for India, I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. I knew it had something to do with farmer producer organizations (FPOs) and helping improve agricultural value chains, but I kept…
PDS Leakage Is Down, but There’s a Catch
India’s massive food program, the Public Distribution System, provides subsidized grain to more than 800 million people each year, but not all of it reaches consumers. In 2011–12, about 42% of the 51.4 million metric tons of grain distributed through…