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Abdul Latif Jameel Water & Food Systems Lab

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Colleagues from Community Jameel tour an MIT lab and learn about J-WAFS projects

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MIT's innovation and entrepreneurship network advances J-WAFS projects

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World Food Day 2024

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J-WAFS announces 2024 Travel Grantee to attend UNC Water and Health Conference

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Fall 2024 J-WAFS Visiting Scholar Seminars

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Webinar series on how climate change is impacting land, water, and food

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MIT researchers discuss water challenges in nickel extraction

As nickel demand rises in the clean energy transition, researchers highlight the need to address mining impacts like water rights issues…

Several J-WAFS PIs work to boost crop resilience in the face of climate change

Ariel Furst, Benedetto Marelli, Kripa Varanasi, and Michael Strano are developing technologies to increase agricultural yields and enhance…

The Jameel Index for Food Trade and Vulnerability launches at World Food Prize

Greg Sixt, director of the J-WAFS-led FACT Alliance and J-WAFS researcher Prof. Kenneth Strzepek presented the framework and a preliminary…

Past J-WAFS fellow wins the 2024 Collegiate Inventors Competition

Rhoda Zhang's nutrient-stabilizing materials, part of a natural technology that enhances food with additional nutrients, earned both the…