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Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition

Tag: Zero-Hunger Zero-Carbon Food Systems

A demonstration of agrivoltaics - solar panels on the same land as agriculture

Zero-Hunger, Zero-Carbon Food Systems

Across the developing world, policymakers and development practitioners concerned with eliminating hunger and improving nutrition are confronting a stark reality: as the world struggles to stop climate change, the nutritional demands of growing populations will increase the size of agriculture’s carbon footprint. TCI is meeting this challenge with an ambitious project aimed at reducing the greenhouse gas emissions associated with agriculture while improving productivity.