Tag: Markets & Value Chains
Walmart Foundation Awards TCI $1M to Study Farmer Producer Organizations in India and Mexico
The Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) has been awarded a $1 million grant from the Walmart Foundation to assess challenges facing small-farm aggregation models in India and Mexico.
The grant will fund a two-year study, “FPO-led Small Farm…
TCI Study Finds COVID-19 Could Exacerbate Malnutrition in India
In a report published July 17, researchers from the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) show that India’s rigorous lockdown has driven up the price of produce, limiting people’s ability to afford a nutritionally diverse diet.
In the study, …
TCI Study on COVID-19 and Food Prices Appears in The Hindu
The Hindu, one of the largest English-language newspapers in South India, reported on the Tata-Cornell Institute’s latest report, a study of the impact of COVID-19 on Indian food prices. The study found that the prices of nutrient-rich foods like pulses…
TCI Op-Ed Stresses Importance of Farmer Producer Organizations
Strong farmer producer organizations (FPOs) are necessary if India’s small farmers are to take full advantage of a new set of laws liberalizing the country’s agricultural markets, say Tata-Cornell Institute (TCI) Director Prabhu Pingali and Assistant Director Mathew Abraham.
In…
Markets & Value Chains
Rising demand for diverse agricultural products presents an opportunity for smallholder farmers to improve their livelihoods.