Publications

Reducing the True Cost of Food-Based Safety Nets: Evidence from India’s Subsidized Food Program
May 15, 2024
by Raghav Puri, Prabhu Pingali
Environmental Research Letters, May 2024

Demand-Side and Supply-Side Factors for Accelerating Varietal Turnover in Smallholder Soybean Farms
Journal of Cleaner Production,
Volume 447, 1 April 2024

Pandemic-Era Disruptions Linked to 14% Increase in Underweight Children
February 7, 2024
TCI Policy Brief No. 7, February 2024

The Future of India’s Social Safety Nets: Focus, Form, and Scope
February 5, 2024
by Andaleeb Rahman, Prabhu Pingali
Palgrave Macmillan, February 2024

Did the COVID-19 Lockdown Reverse the Nutritional Gains in Children? Evidence from Rural India
Economic & Political Weekly, Vol. 59, Issue No. 5, 3 February 2024

Men’s Education Tied to Improved Household Nutrition
January 23, 2024
TCI Policy Brief Number 6, January 2024

Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition in South Asia: Building Healthy, Sustainable Food Systems
January 19, 2024
TCI’s report on Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition in South Asia: Building Healthy, Sustainable Food Systems (FAN-SA) examines trends in nutrition, agriculture, and food consumption in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, offering a range of policy instruments for improving nutrition outcomes across the region.


Promoting Millets in the Public Distribution System
October 30, 2023
This special policy brief provides cost-saving estimates associated with the potential introduction of millets into India’s Public Distribution System (PDS), which provides subsidized food to more than 800 million people. This analysis provides policymakers and other stakeholders with valuable information that can be used to...

Hybrid Mustard and Biotechnology: Pathways for Doubling Farmers’ Incomes and Nutritional Security
Economic & Political Weekly, Vol. 58, Issue No. 43, 28 October 2023