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Prabhu Pingali

Tata-Cornell Institute
plp39@cornell.edu

Prabhu Pingali is Professor of International Development Economics at Cornell University and the Founding Director of the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI). During his four-decade-long career, he has held Director-level positions with leading agricultural development organizations, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the CGIAR. He has been elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the American Association for Agricultural Economics (AAEA). He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and India’s National Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Dr. Pingali has published 14 books and over 200 journal articles.

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Posts by Prabhu Pingali

Declining PDS leakages: A look at the numbers

Estimates have shown that leakages of foodgrain from the Public Distribution System declined from 42% in 2011-12 to 22-28% in 2022-23. Analysing new data from the Household Consumption and Expenditure...

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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 परिव...

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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 econ...

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