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Building the foundation for sustainable, nutrition-sensitive food systems Learn more about us at tci.cals.cornell.edu.

We are established with a generous gift from the Tata Trust to conduct multidisciplinary research, and to facilitate research grants and fellowships to prominent student and professional researchers at Cornell University, in India, and across the globe. Our research team is based out of Ithaca, New York at Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) and in Mumbai at the Tata Institute for Social Sciences (TISS).

10/26/2026

A significant portion of our research relates to addressing nutrition challenges in the context of India's transition from low-productivity agriculture to an advanced economy.

Learn more about that body of work in this collection of pieces from our latest annual report 📗 https://tci.cornell.edu/?news=2025-26-in-review-agriculture-transformation-food-systems-nutritional-transformation

10/21/2026

As India's food systems change, strong value chains for diverse foods are needed to ensure that they are sustainable and nutrition-sensitive. Early this year, TCI researchers traveled across India to study the value chains for five important crops.

Read about what they learned 🍊 https://www.theindiaforum.in/essay/farm-fingers-exploring-food-value-chains-india

10/19/2026

When India unveils its update to the PM-KUSUM scheme, agrivoltaics is expected to be a significant component. Milorad Plavsic and Harold van Es argue that policymakers should ensure smallholders benefit by supporting a range of agrivoltaic models designed with different-sized farms in mind.

Read their blog post 🌱 https://tci.cornell.edu/?blog=with-agrivoltaics-pm-kusum-2-0-can-unlock-inclusive-rural-transformation

10/15/2026

🌏 Registration is now open for !

This year's theme, Navigating Systems in Transition, explores how food, health, social protection, education, water, and market systems are adapting to climate change, urbanization, demographic shifts, political transitions, and technological change.

📍 Sri Lanka + Online
📅 November 30–December 3, 2026
🔗 Register today: bit.ly/D4N2026-Register

10/13/2026

Rice-wheat cropping systems play an important role in India's food security, but unsustainable practices like intensive tillage and flood irrigation harm soil health and lower productivity. TCI research shows that alternative practices, including no-till farming and the use of organic amendments, can improve soil health and boost yields.

Read the policy brief 📗 https://tci.cornell.edu/?publications=improved-soil-management-can-boost-yields-in-bihar

09/28/2026

We're sponsoring a new challenge for Cornell University's 2026 Food Hackathon. Apply now to take on the Healthy Grains Challenge.

Only Cornell students may apply.

Learn more 🌾 https://tci.cornell.edu/?news=tci-challenges-students-to-promote-healthy-grains-at-food-hackathon

09/25/2026

Indian policymakers can help smallholder farmers increase their incomes and improve their diets by supporting their participation in supermarket value chains.

Read the policy brief 📗 https://tci.cornell.edu/?publications=improving-nutrition-through-supermarket-sales

09/23/2026

Yesterday, during Climate Week in New York City, TCI Director Prabhu Pingali moderated a panel entitled “The Food Forum: Building Resilient Food Systems for Planet and Profit.”

09/21/2026

TCI Director Prabhu Pingali is in New York City for Climate Week. Tomorrow, at 3:40 ET, he will moderate a panel entitled “The Food Forum: Building Resilient Food Systems for Planet and Profit.”

Learn more 🌏️ https://www.climateweeknyc.org/the-hub-live

09/18/2026

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