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Including millets in the Public Distribution SystemThis article is authored by Prabhu Pingali, founding director and Raghav Puri, research associate, Tata-Cornell Institute.

Millets Make Sense for India’s PDS - TCI TCIReplacing some of the rice provided through India’s Public Distribution System (PDS) could lower the costs associated with the subsidized food program by $770 million, according to new research from the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI). In a policy brief published on October 30, TCI details how the replacement of 1 kg of...

TCI Researcher Talks True Cost of Food at World Sustainable Development Summit - TCI TCIAt the World Sustainable Development Summit in New Delhi last week, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) organized a panel event entitled “True Value of Food: A Call to Action to Solve Climate Change and other Crises.” The discussion focused on using true cost accounting to transform the agri-food...

Is India ready for choice-based PDS?Introducing choice in the PDS bets too much on technology, and can’t side-step the need for procurement reform.

Egg on Madhya Pradesh CM's face as villagers gather to devour what he won't allow in child centresShivraj Singh Chouhan shot down a proposal in May to allow eggs in anganwadis in a state with one of the country's highest percentages of under-nourished children.

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