The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grants $13.4 million to combat malnutrition in India

In December 2015, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced ta grant of USD 13.4 million to the Tata-Cornell Agriculture and Nutrition Initiative (TCi) to help combat malnutrition in India. The funding would allow the Cornell University project to scale up its work promoting a more nutrition-sensitive food system aimed at bolstering the diet of the rural poor, particularly for women and children.

As a result of the four-year grant, the Tata-Cornell Agriculture and Nutrition Initiative launched Technical Assistance and Research for Indian Nutrition and Agriculture (TARINA). TARINA is a consortium linking Cornell with university and non-governmental organisation partners, TARINA aims to fund research and enact policy changes that enhance the availability and affordability of nutrient-rich food.

Learn more at the Economic Times of India and at the Cornell Chronicle