Tag: tata-cornell
Towards an agenda for addressing the agriculture-nutrition nexus
I started in my new role as the Director of the Tata-Cornell Agriculture and Nutrition Initiative just over a month ago. This Cornell University initiative has been set up with a generous endowment from the Tata Trusts to take on…
Cornell Food Systems Global Summit
From 3D-printed phyllo pastries to petite peppers packing powerful nutritional punches, innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration will be key ingredients forming the future of food. Academic experts and industry insiders gathered at Cornell University on December 8 for a global summit…
TCi 2013-2014 Annual Report
TCi 2013-2014 Annual Report
We are pleased to share this year’s annual report! To learn more about our accomplishments and understand where we hope to go next, be sure to check out the Research Highlights and Beyond 2014 sections. Many…
TCi Photo Contest 2015
TCi is calling for submissions for its 2nd Annual Photo Contest. Entries will be accepted beginning on December 15, 2014 and closing on February 15, 2015.
The theme for this year is “Unexpected India: The people, places and ideas that…
The Sow and Grow Study Linking Nutrition and Agriculture for Healthy Infant Growth
Emily Bielecki, a Ph.D. Candidate in International Nutrition at Cornell University with Dr. Shambhavi Singh, Community Empowerment Lab (CEL) Project Director, and Dr. Swati Dixit, Post Doctoral Fellow at CEL share their experiences with anthropometry training and standardization at their…
The Sow and Grow Study: Linking Nutrition and Agriculture for Healthy Infant Growth (Part II)
Emily Bielecki, a Ph.D. Candidate in International Nutrition at Cornell University with Dr.Shambhavi Singh, Community Empowerment Lab (CEL) Project Director, and Dr.Swati Dixit, Post Doctoral Fellow at CEL share their experiences with the insertion of an agriculture module into a…
Starting upstream: Why are Indians not getting enough micronutrients?
Julia Felice is a Post-Doctoral Associate with TCi who examine national agriculture and nutrition data to elucidate elements of food insecurity that may result from inadequate availability of nutrients in the food supply vs. inadequate or inequitable accessibility of those…
The game of the name: matching names across datasets
Asha Sharma is a Post-Doctoral Associate with the TCi program, where she is working to quantify risks due to climate change on agriculture in India. Her research interests include the intersection of water resources, climate change, and food systems, and…
Job Announcement: Join our team as a Research Associate
I am pleased to announce a new position opening at the Tata-Cornell Agriculture and Nutrition Initiative. TCi was established with a generous gift from the Tata Trust to conduct multidisciplinary research on the agriculture-nutrition nexus in India. Dr. Prabhu Pingali …
TARINA Food Systems Diagnostic Study (FSDS) undertaken in Bihar, Odisha, and Uttar Pradesh
During the first meeting of the TARINA Consortium in New Delhi from the 14th-16th of December 2015, partner organizations gathered to jointly agree on areas of intervention, research and activities that will be carried out under the project’s Results Framework.…