Tag: Zero-Hunger Zero-Carbon Food Systems
Testing Agrivoltaics with Farmers in Bihar
The increasing global demand for green energy and food necessitates win-win solutions that address these two priorities without undermining each other or causing negative externalities. One potential solution lies in a relatively new technology: agrivoltaics. It enables the co-location of…
TCI Publishes 2023–24 Annual Report
The Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) has published its 2023–24 Annual Report.
The report offers an in-depth look at the full range of TCI’s research and other activities, including projects like Zero-Hunger, Zero-Carbon Food Systems, and field research…
Can Agrivoltaics Help Achieve Zero-Hunger, Zero-Carbon Food Systems?
With a rising global population, demand for food and energy is increasing while the world seeks to move away from fossil fuel use. TCI’s Zero-Hunger, Zero-Carbon Food Systems project aims to reduce the climate impacts of food production in Bihar…
Transformative Technologies Offer Bihar a Path to Net-Zero Agriculture
Bihar can make significant progress toward its goal of sustainable development by implementing three transformative technologies in the state’s agricultural sector, according to the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI). In a special policy brief, the Institute shows that…
Pathways for Achieving Zero-Hunger, (Net) Zero-Carbon Food Systems in Bihar
This special policy brief provides estimates of the potential reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that could be achieved in Bihar by adopting three transformational technologies in the state’s agricultural sector: alternate wetting and drying, advanced artificial insemination, and anti-methanogenic feed supplements. This analysis provides...
Can Bihar’s Agricultural Sector Go Climate-Smart?
In mid-August, I traveled to Bihar, India as part of a team of researchers from the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition to study strategies to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions associated with agriculture. With the trip scheduled during monsoon…
Times of India Reports on TCI’s Zero-Hunger, Zero-Carbon Food Systems Project
The Tata-Cornell Institute’s (TCI) efforts to reduce the carbon footprint of Indian agriculture garnered the attention of national news media this week, with the Times of India reporting on a recent workshop held in Patna, Bihar.
Organized by TCI and…
Prabhu Pingali Discusses Zero-Hunger, Zero-Carbon Food Systems
India’s efforts to reduce hunger could negatively impact its ability to meet its climate change goals if it does not change its current food production practices, according to Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) Director Prabhu Pingali. In an…
TCI Convenes Expert Meetings to Spark Discussion on Agriculture and Climate Change
During two days of meetings on April 19 and 20, the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) brought together a host of experts to explore opportunities to lower agricultural greenhouse gas emissions in Bihar, India. The meetings were part…
Expert Panel Addresses Agriculture and Climate Change in India
A panel of experts at a webinar hosted by the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) on Tuesday, February 15, spoke about the links between agriculture and climate change and the potential to create zero-hunger, zero-carbon food systems in…