Prabhu Pingali

Prabhu Pingali is with the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

Reducing the Environmental Impact of the Public Distribution System

A study reveals that distributing rice and wheat through India’s PDS costs twice as much as millets environmentally. The PDS inadvertently promotes water-intensive crops in stressed regions,…

▶25-Aug-2025

Raghav Puri, Prabhu Pingali