Tata-Cornell – Technical Assistance and Research for Indian Nutrition and Agriculture

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Farmers’ decision making and perceived benefits of orange-fleshed sweet potato adoption

Posted on July 23, 2018 by TARINA

“He says orange-fleshed sweet potato has made his family healthier,” my translator, Shaktikar says as I scribble notes in a small notebook. I make sure not to disturb the iPhone pointed towards the farmer we’re interviewing. It is recording every word ...

Interacting with value chain actors: What to do when your research subjects have work to do

Posted on August 20, 2018 by TARINA

Levels of food loss are product and value chain specific. An important first step in determining methods and metrics to evaluate food loss of perishables was to identify the product (or products) and map the value chains. The objective of my fieldwork ...

Field notes: Fieldwork during work hours

Posted on August 20, 2018 by TARINA

Building capacity for project monitoring, evaluation, and learning among a wide range of organizations and stakeholders

Posted on February 20, 2018 by Ruchira Boss

TCI’s TARINA Center of Excellence in New Delhi provides capacity building on project monitoring and evaluation (M&E) to senior- and mid-level managers of organizations interested in advancing data-based solutions for development effectiveness. Rece...

Video Coverage for 2017 Annual Celebration

Posted on December 29, 2017 by TARINA

At the end of each year, the Tata-Cornell Institute holds a special event to publically report on our research findings as well as to share project updates from our field locations in India. We also launch our Annual Report. The event was held on Frid...

2017 Annual Report

Posted on December 8, 2017 by TARINA

We are pleased to release the Tata-Cornell Institute 2017 Annual Report, which highlights each of our distinct research initiatives and summarizes ongoing activities based in India.Information about TCI’s flagship project Technical Assistance and Resea...

Field visit to study market diversity in Eastern Uttar Pradesh

Posted on August 24, 2017 by Nishtha Jain

On the 4th of July, I traveled to the Maharajganj District of Eastern Uttar Pradesh with three other TCI colleagues to study market diversity in the Pharenda Block. Our objective was to observe the variety of foods available in four markets and then convert this information into quantitative data ... Read more

Emerging themes on developing a diversified food system in Odisha

Posted on August 1, 2017 by Siddharth Chaturvedi

Odisha’s agriculture sector is largely dependent on small and marginal farmers, which comprise almost 80 percent of total farmers. Paddy is the staple cereal crop in the state, while other cereals and pulses account for a much smaller share of the gros...

What are the obstacles and opportunities in rural areas to achieving a “Cashless India”?

Posted on July 26, 2017 by Vanya Mehta

On 8 November 2016, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a demonetization policy not only to eliminate black currency, but also to promote a digital and cashless economy. The “Cashless India” and “Digital India” initiatives propose to reduce corruption at all levels of society by ... Read more

Food and agricultural policies: State governments as innovators

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Andaleeb Rahman

In a previous blog, I talked about the changes in the agriculture and food policy at the national level. It is evident that the newer changes in India’s food policy landscape suggest a greater ‘stepping in’ of the state in the contemporary “food regime”. This has been facilitated ... Read more