Tag: Markets & Value Chains
FPOs or Bust: Farm Aggregation Review Finds Newer Models Are the Most Successful
As demand for high-value, diverse agricultural products rises throughout the developing world, smallholder farmers face pressure to either commercialize or exit the farm sector altogether. Farmers that can scale up their operations have a significant opportunity to improve their livelihoods.…
Maharashtra Leads the Way in FPO Promotion
This blog post is part of a series exploring India’s small farm aggregation landscape using TCI’s Database for Indian Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs). Part of the FPO Hub within the TCI Center of Excellence, the first-of-its-kind database brings together comprehensive…
Aggregation Models and Small Farm Commercialization – A Scoping Review of the Global Literature
Food Policy, Volume 110, July 2022
Assessing India’s FPO Ecosystem
This blog post is part of a series exploring India’s small farm aggregation landscape using TCI’s Database for Indian Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs). Part of the FPO Hub within the TCI Center of Excellence, the first-of-its-kind database brings together comprehensive…
Study Offers Clues for Reducing Food Loss and Waste in Perishable Supply Chains
Fresh fruits and vegetables are an important source of micronutrients, but access to them is limited in developing countries like India because of several factors, including food loss and waste. New research on tomato supply chains from the Tata-Cornell Institute…
Food Loss of Perishable Produce from Farm to Retail: Evidence from Tomato Supply Chains in South India
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, February 2022
TCI Director Talks Food Systems on Cornell Policy Review Podcast
TCI Director Prabhu Pingali was interviewed for an episode of the Cornell Policy Review podcast, where he discussed food systems and related issues.
Speaking with Cornell MPA student Shivanshu Sharma, Pingali spoke about the nature of food systems transformations, gender…
Pakistan Can Benefit from FPOs
By promoting farmer cooperatives and farmer producer organizations (FPOs), Pakistan can help its agricultural sector meet the rising demand for food brought on by structural changes to the country’s economy, argues Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) research support…
Indian Food Prices Continue to Ride High on Second COVID Wave
In the spring of 2021, the world’s eyes turned to India as the second wave of COVID-19 wreaked havoc in the country. While the media focused on the breakdown of the healthcare infrastructure, a second crisis simmered below the surface,…
TCI Launches Hub for FPOs to Empower Smallholder Farmers in India
In an effort to empower India’s 125 million smallholder farms to take advantage of growing opportunities in the agricultural sector, the Tata-Cornell Institute (TCI) for Agriculture and Nutrition launched a Hub for Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) within its Center of…