INDIA
Event Posts
February 24, 2020
Each year, about 1.3 billion tons of food produced for human consumption is lost after harvest and before reaching consumers around
Issue Posts
February 18, 2020
BY Sunil Saroj, Devesh Roy and Mamta Pradhan One of the great examples that economists give on the power of
Issue Posts
February 18, 2020
BY MANMEET AJMANI, VISHRUTA CHOUDHARY AND DEVESH ROY In November, India decided to opt out of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the world’s newest and
News
January 15, 2020
A new podcast series highlights the ways in which IFPRI research can create impacts on the ground. Episode 1 features
Event Posts
January 14, 2020
Agriculture is the backbone of India’s rapidly-transforming economy, and one of the government’s major challenges is the increasing burden of
Events
January 9, 2020
Book Launch “Transforming Food Systems for a Rising India” Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition and International Food Policy Research
Events
October 22, 2019
As the nutrition community in India is steadily ramping up its collective action towards the goal of attaining malnutrition-free India by 2022, the nutrition research community, along with high-level policy stakeholders from the NITI Aayog, relevant ministries, and development partners gathered at a day-long event on "Delivering for Nutrition in India: Insights from Implementation Research" in New Delhi on 24 September 2019.
Guest Posts
October 11, 2019
Since the start of the Green Revolution in the mid-1960s, India has tripled its wheat yield. Yet air pollution also rose steadily during this period, with deleterious impacts on crops. In a recent paper drawing on published literature, I estimate that the increases in ozone and aerosol pollutants across the northern Indian wheat belt have held yield growth back by about one third.
Research Posts
September 30, 2019
Our recent study in Food and Nutrition Bulletin found that breaking down misconceptions regarding locally-grown and widely available nutritious fruits and vegetables could help to improve diets and address micronutrient deficiencies among women of child-bearing age in rural India.