Community Jameel

The Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) is an MIT-wide effort that fuels research, innovation and cross-disciplinary collaborations focused on water and food systems to meet human needs. Through early-stage research grants, support for technology commercialisation, sponsored research management, student funding and mentorship and events that convene local and global experts, J-WAFS leverages the world-class resources for which MIT is known.

MIT Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab

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J-WAFS Solutions Programme

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News

Jameel Index unveiled at the World Food Prize conference, assessing countries’ food trade vulnerability

Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab at MIT marks its 10th anniversary with a call for increased attention on vital water and food security needs

Fadel Adib wins inaugural Great Arab Minds award for engineering and technology

Community Jameel joins Climate Finance Mobilisation Forum at Windsor Castle with King Charles III and President Biden

J-WAFS launches Jameel Index for Food Trade and Vulnerability to study impact of climate change on food security and trade

King Abdulaziz University joins Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab as newest Higher Education Collaborative member

From Security to Systems: name change of MIT lab reflects breadth and impact

J-WAFS at MIT develops technologies that provide low cost clean drinking water and reduce pesticide use for agriculture by 50%

J-WAFS at MIT creates two technologies that extract drinking water and crop fertiliser from air using the sun

J-WAFS researchers develop new way to clear pollutants from water

Media

J-WAFS grantee develops solar-powered desalination system requiring no extra batteries

Pioneering the future of materials extraction

J-WAFS awards 2024 Animal Ag Grant

Two MIT PhD students awarded J-WAFS fellowships for their research on water

Reducing pesticide use while increasing effectiveness

J-WAFS awards seed grants to seven MIT projects in water and food

AgZen’s RealCoverage wants to keep pesticides only where they are needed

Scaling Development Ventures conference goes digital in face of storm

Unlocking freedom: transforming challenges into opportunities with the women miners of Santa Rita

A new way to swiftly eliminate micropollutants from water

Mining is necessary for the green transition. Here’s why experts say we need to do it better

Lebanese MIT professor named winner of Great Arab Minds award

Massive clock projection at MIT uses local twist to track climate crisis

MIT climate clock displays unconventional countdown to global warming landmark

Plastic is here to stay. Can we make it more sustainable?

Microbes could help reduce the need for chemical fertilisers

MIT D-Lab works to empower artisanal women miners in Colombia

Designing cleaner vehicles

Spotlight on J-WAFS’ first Grand Challenge project

The third edition of Cairo International Art District CIAD will kick off from October 10-30

J-WAFS announces 2023 Travel Grantees to attend UNC Water & Health Conference

Technologies for water conservation and treatment move closer to commercialisation

Device offers long-distance, low-power underwater communication

Uncovering how biomes respond to climate change

Explained: The 1.5 C climate benchmark

Water stress is on the rise - with cascading consequences worldwide

Driving climate conversations with art

Gradiant partners with SpaceAge Labs to drive digital AI solutions across total water infrastructure

J-WAFS welcomes Rohit Karnik as new associate director

Understanding and mitigating the impacts of drought under climate change

Addressing food insecurity in arid regions with an open-source evaporative cooling chamber design

Colouring outside the lines: A J-WAFS researcher's colour-changing materials

This salty gel could harvest water from desert air

Advancing material innovation to address the polymer waste crisis

Embracing life's surprises

J-WAFS announces 2023 Travel Grantees to attend Stockholm World Water Week

Six ways MIT is taking action on climate

3 questions: Can disused croplands help mitigate climate change?

J-WAFS announces 2023 seed grant recipients

Colour-changing wrap could let you know when food has spoiled

Disrupting climate change: 13 tech innovators helping to save the planet

Inaugural J-WAFS Grand Challenge aims to develop enhanced crop variants and move them from lab to land

Eight MIT faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2023

MIT PhD students honoured for their work to solve critical issues in water and food

J-WAFS students come together for World Water Day event

Detailed images from space offer clearer picture of drought effects on plants

Designing for better lives

Tackling counterfeit seeds with “unclonable” labels

Graduate student talk with J-WAFS student Elena Sobrino

How to pull carbon dioxide out of seawater

J-WAFS researchers announced as one of the recipients of Mass Ventures 'Acorn innovation award' for portable desalination technology

David Des Marais at TEDxBoston: Finding a new plant for (most) seasons

Fadel Abid: Sensing with purpose

Evelyn Wang appointed as director of US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy

J-WAFS scientists develop new tech to reduce US farming $60 billion annual pesticides spend

Real threats in Philippine agriculture and food security

J-WAFS fellows attend Earthshot Prize Awards

World Food Prize Foundation panel at COP27 underscores vital importance of farmers having a living income to protect natural resources

Pesticide innovation takes top prize at Collegiate Inventors Competition

J-WAFS and MIT community members win IDA Innovation Forum Awards