Tag: Safe Drinking Water Systems
2020-21 Annual Report: Clean Water Is Key to Nutrition
Providing people with access to affordable, nutritious food is only one step in improving nutrition outcomes. In countries like India, where the majority of people lack access to piped water in the home, waterborne diseases often interfere with people’s ability to absorb nutrients from the food they eat.
TCI Publishes 2020-21 Annual Report
The Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) has published its 2020-21 Annual Report.
The report offers an in-depth look at the full range of TCI’s research and other activities, such as its signature project, Technical Assistance and Research for…
Heartbeat of the Household: My first selfie with the women of Jharkhand
I am working in the rural villages of Jharkhand as a TCi Intern this summer. Paired with TCi PhD Scholar Shiuli Vanaja, we will be looking at the economic and health impacts of the AguaClara water treatment technology. AguaClara is…
Tangible impacts of clean water
After working in the tribal villages of Ronhe and Gopla in the Khunti district, we are now in a new district called Koderma. Koderma is in the north of Jharkhand, bordering the state of Bihar. We are continuing our work…
Is my time the same as your time? A note on the concept of time in Indian villages
Many of us conducting research in development economics deal with different types of data sets for our analysis. We generally have two options for empirical research in development economics: either we can use available secondary data sources, or we can…
The Economic Impact of Unsafe Drinking Water
In this blog post, TCI scholar Shiuli Vanaja discusses her research on how access to clean water at home affects women’s productivity and use of time.
Many people don’t give their drinking water a second thought. They simply turn on…
TCI and AguaClara Provide Safe Water Systems to Two More Villages in Odisha
The partnership between the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) and AguaClara Reach continues to bear fruit in India, where water disinfection systems were recently installed in two villages in Odisha. The new Hydrodoser systems were inaugurated in the…
‘Clean Water’ – a podcast episode on what makes us human
This is an episode from the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast’s fourth season, “What Does Water Mean for Us Humans?” from Cornell University’s College of Arts & Sciences. Prof. Prabhu Pingali explains the impact of clean, piped-in water on women…
The Role of Women in Water Projects in India
Our partner AguaClara Reach is increasing access to safe drinking water on tap through simple, affordable, gravity-powered technologies. The Tata-Cornell Institute supports their expansion into eastern India (and you can too!). Learn more about women’s significant involvement to make these…