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A young woman prepares a meal in her home in India

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Indian women’s nutrition suffered during COVID-19 lockdown
The 2020 nationwide lockdown India imposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic caused disruptions that negatively impacted women’s nutrition, according to a new study from the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition.
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Global Development Section
  • Nutritional Sciences
A woman shops for produce at the Shyambazar Market in Kolkata, India, during the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown in the spring.

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COVID-19 exacerbates malnutrition in India, study finds
In the study, “ Pandemic Prices: Price Shocks from COVID-19 and Their Implications on Nutrition Security in India,” TCI analyzed the average weekly price of cereal grains, vegetables, pulses (the edible seeds of plants in the legume family, such...
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture