face to face
“SHRINKING AGRICULTURE, ITS
DECREASED GDP CONTRIBUTION IS A
GLOBAL TREND”
During his recent visit to India, Dr Prabhu L Pingali, Professor of Applied
Economics and Director, Tata-Cornell Institute (TCI) initiated a series of
dialogue forums on role of agriculture in addressing malnutrition. In an
exclusive interaction with the BioVoice, he gave interesting insights on
the TARINA, the India centric programme from TCI besides the host of
other issues pertaining to the agricultural economics in India. Below are
the excerpts from this free-wheeling conversation
BY RAHUL KOUL
10
BioVoiceNews | August 2016
Dr Prabhu Pingali is the
Founding Director of the TataCornell Initiative and a
Professor in the Charles H.
Dyson School of Applied
Economics and Management,
in the College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences, Cornell
University. Prior to moving to
Ithaca in June 2013, he was
the Deputy Director,
Agriculture Development
Division of the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation, based in
Seattle Washington, from
2008-May 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 2003-2006.