2025 MIT J-WAFS Grand Challenge develops bacteria to improve farm crops and reduce fertiliser use

The Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has awarded a USD 1.5 million Grand Challenge grant to a team from MIT and Kenyatta University, one of the largest agricultural universities in Africa, to develop bacteria for sustainable, high-yield agriculture.

Led by Christopher Voigt, a professor at MIT, the multidisciplinary research team will use this award to study, engineer and field-test microbes to increase the yields of maize crops and reduce the use of synthetic fertilisers.

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