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Abdul Latif Jameel Water & Food Systems Lab

Fueling research, innovation, and collaboration to solve urgent global water and food systems challenges

Celebrating 10 Years of Impact

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J-WAFS PI studies how crops adapt to a changing climate

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The Jameel Index for Food Trade and Vulnerability

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J-WAFS PI Jennifer Morris co-authors study on future food, water, and energy disparities

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Past J-WAFS PI Susan Solomon named 2026 Tang Prize laureate

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J-WAFS researchers use computer vision to augment fish monitoring

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Breaking the thermal limit of atmospheric water harvesting technologies

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J-WAFS researchers featured in Miller Magazine on Future Grain Trade

Kenneth Strzepek and Gregory Sixt, with Clement Boucher, use the Jameel Index to project how maize, rice, and wheat trade will shift by…

MIT researchers use machine learning to improve forecasts for farmers

MIT researchers' open-source tool improves two to six week forecasts, helping farmers time planting, fertilizing, and frost protection.

MIT farm cultivates student urban agriculture

MIT Farm, a student-led, Compton Prize-winning club, is putting hands-on urban farming within reach of the MIT community.

J-WAFS PI studies how crops adapt to a changing climate

MIT Associate Professor David Des Marais explores the effects of climate change on crops and forests.