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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).

09/07/2026

How do smallholder farmers get access to expensive farm equipment? TCI intern Harrison Sachs spent some of his summer internship learning how informal lending networks, supplemented by custom hiring centers, help smallholders get through the busiest time of the cropping calendar.

Learn more 🚜 https://tci.cornell.edu/?blog=the-formal-supports-the-informal-agricultural-technology-sharing-in-southern-bihar

09/04/2026

The Transforming Food Systems Forum debuts this month. Register today for our first webinar.

🎯 Integrating Sustainable Tech for Energy, Water and Food in Smallholder Communities
🗣️ Milorad Plavsic and Harold van Es
📆 Sept. 14 at 10 a.m. ET/7:30 p.m. IST
🔗 Register: https://tci.cornell.edu/get-involved/transforming-food-systems-forum/integrating-sustainable-tech-for-energy-water-and-food-in-smallholder-communities/

09/02/2026

Can supermarkets improve nutrition outcomes in India's farm households? India can help improve smallholder incomes and household nutrition by promoting supply chains for direct sales to grocery stores.

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

08/31/2026

Rice-wheat cropping systems are a crucial part of India's food system, but they can harm soil quality, leading to reduced yields. New research from TCI shows that improved management practices like no-till farming and the addition of crop residues and manure can improve soil health and boost crop yields.

Learn more 🌱 https://tci.cornell.edu/?news=crop-management-practices-can-help-indias-rice-wheat-systems

08/28/2026

Co-edited by TCI Director Prabhu Pingali and former visiting professor Chandra Nuthalapati, “Innovative Agricultural Technologies and the Private Sector for a Hunger-Free World” explores the challenges of food production and food security through the lens of innovation in agricultural technologies, seed systems, institutional frameworks, and human capital development.

Learn more 📗 https://tci.cornell.edu/?news=tci-director-co-edits-new-book-on-agricultural-technology

08/26/2026

🌏 Call for Abstracts – Deadline Extended!

South Asia is undergoing major transitions—from climate change and urbanization to technological and demographic shifts. How can we navigate these changes to improve diets and nutrition in the region?

Share your research and experiences at Delivering for Nutrition in South Asia 2026.

📍 Colombo, Sri Lanka & online
📅 November 30–December 3, 2026
⏰ New abstract deadline: August 30

🔗 Submit: bit.ly/D4N2026

08/25/2026

Introducing the Transforming Food Systems Forum! Our new webinar series features insightful, data-driven discussions about the challenges facing India's food systems.

Join us on Sept. 14 for the first webinar, "Integrating Sustainable Tech for Energy, Water and Food in Smallholder Communities."

Learn more ℹ️ https://tci.cornell.edu/?news=new-webinar-series-will-begin-with-discussion-on-sustainable-tech

08/20/2026

This week, TCI Manager for Strategic Initiatives Milorad Plavsic spoke at the Bihar Agri-PV Summit 2026 in Patna. He shared TCI's research on community-based agrivoltaics in the state, which adapts traditional agrivoltaics to smallholder contexts, providing sustainable energy for irrigation and other needs.

Learn more about the conference:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/133326459.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

08/19/2026

Cornell student Harrison Sachs spent his summer helping us conduct research on sustainable agriculture in India. Read his blog post to see what he learned about water user groups and irrigation in smallholder communities.

Read the blog 💧 https://tci.cornell.edu/?blog=water-user-groups-and-solar-irrigation-lessons-from-rural-india

08/17/2026

India has bet on farmer producer organizations as a key piece of its agricultural development toolkit. Visit our FPO Platform for India, the only comprehensive database of Indian FPOs, to explore India's FPO ecosystem.

Visit the FPO Platform for India ℹ️ https://fpo.tci.cornell.edu/

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