Tag: Prabhu Pingali
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…
The Role of Genotyping in Measuring Improved Variety Adoption and Impact: Advances, Challenges, and Policy Directions
Abstract Accurate measurement of agricultural technology adoption is critical for evaluating the effectiveness of investments in agricultural research and development. While household surveys have long served as the primary tool for tracking varietal adoption, growing evidence reveals systematic mismatches between self-reported and DNA verified varietal...
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...
In Bihar, TCI Presents a Path for Productive, Climate-Smart Agriculture
The Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) unveiled evidence for three pathways to make agriculture in Bihar more productive and environmentally sustainable at an event in Patna on October 16. The event was attended by government officials, researchers and…
Conflicting Societal Goals and the Sustainability Challenge: Eliminating Hunger Versus Climate Action
As a global society, we have historically pursued large, collective goals—to end hunger, to stop war, to halt climate change. The United Nations (UN) has played a major role in global goal setting, beginning with the Millennium Development Goals and…
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…
Can Gene-Edited Crops Revolutionize Agriculture in Developing Countries?
The emergence of gene-editing technologies, particularly CRISPR-Cas9, has ushered in new possibilities for transformative advancements in agriculture, healthcare and environmental sustainability. The discovery of CRISPR-Cas9 in 2012 has the potential to accelerate the pace of innovation and enable more precise…
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…