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

- Tata-Cornell Institute
- Department of Global Development

Mathew in the news

Cowpea growing in a research field at Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) in Malawi in September.

News

October 29, 2024

$25M grant fuels Cornell’s efforts to boost global crop resilience

This renewed funding will enable the Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement to strengthen its interdisciplinary efforts to support demand-driven, socially responsive crop improvement programs in key regions around the world.

Nutritional Sciences
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Breeding and Genetics Section

Field Note

August 25, 2022

Improving public sector plant breeding for the future of food security

Public plant breeding programs play a central role in tackling local food security challenges around the world, but how can we be sure that they are operating effectively and optimally at the institutional level? In this blog series, the Feed...

Department of Global Development
Global Development