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Abdul Latif Jameel Water & Food Systems Lab

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Commentary

Collaborating for Irrigation Access Solutions: Where policy and engineering meet

Commentary

J-WAFS Announces RFP for sixth annual 2-year seed grant

Project

Understanding effects of intermittent flow on drinking water quality

Commentary

Digging Deep: Investigating Manmade Black Soil of the Amazon

Report

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: An Opportunity for Collaboration and Shared Benefits in the Eastern Nile Basin

Publication

Local Fertilizers to achieve food self-sufficiency in Africa

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Collaborating for Irrigation Access Solutions: Where policy and engineering meet

Access to irrigation is crucial for food security, especially in arid climates like Sub-Saharan Africa. Two MIT research teams working on…

J-WAFS Announces RFP for sixth annual 2-year seed grant

These seed grants, available to MIT PIs in all departments and programs across the Institute, will provide up to two years of research…

Coated seeds may enable agriculture on marginal lands

J-WAFS PI Benedetto Marelli has created a specialized covering using silk that could protect seeds from salinity and provide fertilizer-…

Is silk the solution to growing crops in salty soil?

With the salinity of soil on the rise due to climate change, J-WAFS PI Benedetto Marelli has developed a silk coating to help crops grow in…