Mathew Abraham
Assistant Director, Tata-Cornell Institute, Department of Global Development

About
Mathew Abraham is the Assistant Director of the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) in the Department of Global Development at Cornell University. He serves as co-lead of the Institutional Evaluation component of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement.
TCI is a long-term research initiative focusing on the design and evaluation of innovative interventions linking agriculture, food systems, human nutrition, and poverty. Abraham is responsible for coordinating the research and offering strategic guidance and support for project implementation at TCI.
Previously, Abraham joined TCI as a post-doctoral associate in August 2015, after completing his PhD from the Department of International Economics and Management, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark in 2015. His research focuses on evaluation methodologies, agricultural value chains and markets, food security in developing countries, technology and institutional innovation for agricultural development.
Interests
Evaluation methodologies
Agricultural value chains and markets
Food security in developing countries
Contact Information
Warren Hall 375G
Ithaca, NY 14853
ma947 [at] cornell.edu
Mathew in the news

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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
- Department of Global Development
- Nutritional Sciences
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The grant will fund a two-year study, “FPO-led Small Farm Market Access Models for the Future of Food Systems in India,” led by Prabhu Pingali, founder and director of TCI, and professor of applied economics and management at the Dyson School of...
- Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
- Agriculture