Hunger Is Increasing Worldwide but Women Bear the Brunt of F...
Recent UN data on food insecurity paints a bleak picture of a growing international problem: global hunger is not...
Engineering for Change
Interest: Agriculture
870 million people worldwide are chronically undernourished. Irrigating crops is a simple solution that can double the amount of food a farm produces. But as much as 80 percent of farmland worldwide is not irrigated. Tested machines and new innovations meet that need and others on the farm. From pumps powered by diesel or the sun, drip tubes, mobile apps for weather and market information, low-cost utility vehicles, shellers, driers and much more, innovative design is putting more food on the world’s tables.
Interest: Agriculture
Indigenous Food Sovereignty Requires Better Data Collection
Indigenous communities are increasingly investing in agriculture to sustain their cultures and economies. Indigenous Peoples have a long history with agriculture — a history that wasn’t always recognized. For...
New Hybrid Thermal System Makes Greenhouses More Sustainable
Greenhouses are increasingly popular in agriculture and are estimated to cover more than 450,000 hectares worldwide. They provide a controlled climate and, in many locations, can extend the growing...
Five Questions for George Chege: Bringing Chick Brooders int...
George Chege is bringing Kenyan chicken farms into the digital age, deploying sensors, heat bulbs and SMS to streamline operations. Kenyan poultry farmers have traditionally heated their chick brooders...
Pandemic-Related Shortages Reveal the Need to Break with Glo...
Global supply chain disruptions have been behind most of the changes we’ve witnessed in our daily lives during these two pandemic years. The lack of toilet paper and basic...
Research Brief: Mapping for Social Resilience
Basin communities in rural Tanzania benefit from climate vulnerability mapping. Denis Macharia shares findings from newly published research. Increasing climate variability coupled with steady population growth are threatening water...
Clay Pot Coolers: Keep Produce Fresh Without Electricity
Introducing the Guide to Assembling, Using, and Maintaining Clay Pot Coolers, the result of a collaboration by MIT D-Lab, the World Vegetable Center (WVC), and Institut d’Economie Rurale (IER)....
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The Compendium of Demand-Driven Technologies for Rural Entrepreneurship
A Compendium on Demand-Driven Technologies for Rural Entrepreneurship India’s Rural Technology Action Group (RuTAG) has catalogued dozens of essential...
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Two Human-Centered Designs Win the Innovate for Impact Siemens Challenge
Two engineering design teams that placed people at the center of their design process won the Innovate for Impact:...
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How Food Waste is Engineered into Useful Products in a Circular Economy
Foods destined for the landfill can have a second life as engineered products. Companies are taking waste such as...
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E4C Visualized: The Siemens Design Challenge Impact and Ideas
Can conscientious design change lives in the world’s underserved communities? In an effort to demonstrate that design can make...
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Top Eight Ideas for Better Water and Food in the Siemens Design Challenge
We are pleased to announce the eight finalists in the Innovate for Impact: Siemens Design Challenge. Our international panel...
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E4C Visualized: Food Waste and Its Solutions
About one-third of the food grown for people to eat never makes it into our mouths. Food loss occurs...
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Design Inspiration: How Puerto Rican Farmers Are Bootstrapping Cooling Tech
Enter the Innovate for Impact: Siemens Design Contest to solve post-harvest loss challenges like low-cost food refrigeration. Puerto Rican...
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Where to Start: Design AgTech Solutions to Scale
Join the Siemens Design Challenge for a chance to win one of two $10,000 first-place awards. Bob Rabatsky has...
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Design Tips for Post-Harvest Loss Reduction Technology
Join the Siemens Design Challenge for a chance to win one of two $10,000 first-place awards. Benson Maina has...
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Research Brief: Showing Videos Improves Adoption of New Agricultural Techniques
Animated videos on phones and other devices may be an effective method of teaching new agricultural techniques to farmers...
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