Prabhu Pingali

Tata-Cornell Institute
Prabhu Pingali

Dr Prabhu Pingali is the Founding Director of the Tata-Cornell Institute and a Professor in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, with joint appointments in the Division of Nutritional Sciences and the Department of Global Development, and in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University. Prior to joining Cornell, he was the Deputy Director at the Agriculture Development Division of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation from 2008 to 2013. Dr Pingali was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences as a Foreign Fellow in May 2007. He was the President of the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE) from 2003 to 2006. He was elected Fellow of the American Agricultural Economics Association in 2006, and of the International Association of Agricultural Economists in 2009.

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बढ़ते शहरीकरण के प्रभाव में ग्रामीण भारत में बढ़ता हुआ मोटापा

राष्ट्रीय परिवार स्वास्थ्य सर्वेक्षण (एनएफएचएस) 2015-16 के आंकड़ों के अनुसार भारत की लगभग 20% जनसंख्‍या मोटापे से ग्रस्त है। यह लेख बताता है कि देश में मोटापे की प्रवृत्ति ने इसके स्वाभाविक आर्थिक परिवर्तन का ही अनुसरण किया है जिसके अंतर्गत शहरीकरण में वृद्धि ग्रामीण विकास को प्रभावित करती है। इससे ज्ञात होता है कि शहर के आसपास के गांवों पर पड़ने वाले शहरीकरण के प्रभाव का दायरा जब एक किलोमीटर बढ़ता है तो लगभग 3,000 ग्रामीण महिलाओं में मोटापे में वृद्धि होती है।

07 April 2021
Human Development
Human Development

Rising obesity in rural India, under the growing urban shadow

According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS), 2015-16, nearly 20% of India’s population is obese. This article shows that the country’s obesity trends have followed the nature of its economic transformation whereby urban growth impacts rural development. It finds that an additional kilometre of urban influence on surrounding villages leads to an increase in obesity incidence among approximately 3,000 rural women.

12 January 2021
Human Development
Human Development
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