Transforming Food Systems for a Rising India

Prabhu Pingali is Professor of Applied Economics and Founding Director of the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) at Cornell University.  Pingali is a member in the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and an AAEA Fellow.  He was president of the International Association of Agricultural Economists and has over three decades of experience working with some of the leading international agricultural development organizations.Anaka Aiyar is Post-Doctoral Associate with the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI), Cornell University. Anaka obtained her PhD in Economics at the University of California, Riverside. Her research spans the area of health economics with a focus on developing countries. Prior to her PhD, she worked in India on field based action research projects, impact evaluations and has conducted market research for social entrepreneurs.Mathew Abraham is Assistant Director of the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI), Cornell University. He has a PhD from the Department of International Economics and Management, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. He has over 15 years of research experience in agricultural development, agricultural markets and food security in developing countries.Andaleeb Rahman is Post-Doctoral Associate at the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI), Cornell University.  His research spans food policy, rural transformation and the political economy of development with a geographical focus on India. He wrote his doctoral dissertation at the Indira Gandhi Institute for Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai.

• 1. Indian Food Systems towards 2050: Challenges and Opportunities.- 2. Economic Growth, Agriculture and Food Systems: Explaining Regional Diversity.- 3. Rural Livelihood Challenges: Moving out of Agriculture.- 4.Diet Diversity and the Declining Importance of Staple Grains.- 5.The Nutrition Transformation: From Undernutrition to Obesity.- 6. Reimagining Safety Net Programs.- 7. Enabling Smallholder Prosperity through Commercialization and Diversification.- 8. Linking Farms to Markets: Reducing Transaction Costs and Enhancing Bargaining Power.- 9. Agricultural Technology for Increasing Competitiveness of Small Holders.- 10. Managing Climate Change Risks in Food Systems.- 11. The Way Forward: Food Systems for Enabling Rural Prosperity and Nutrition Security.