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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).

09/25/2026

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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09/16/2026

Did you miss our webinar on agrivoltaics in India? Watch a recording on YouTube.

Watch now 📺️ https://youtu.be/KDLJcuht3wk?si=KlXar9-DnbO9Pu4F

09/15/2026

Our 2025-26 Annual Report is available now. Learn what we've accomplished over the past academic year.

Download the report 📙 https://tci.cornell.edu/?news=tci-publishes-2025-26-annual-report

09/11/2026

The first webinar in our Transforming Food Systems Forum series is right around the corner. Get ready for Climate Week by learning about agrivoltaics and sustainable agriculture in smallholder systems.

Register today 🔗 https://tci.cornell.edu/get-involved/transforming-food-systems-forum/integrating-sustainable-tech-for-energy-water-and-food-in-smallholder-communities/

09/10/2026

“These results clearly suggest that soil health and crop yields can be enhanced through better soil management.”

TCI-supported research shows the benefits of soil management practices like zero tillage and cycling organic materials.

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

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/

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