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In addition to the year-long financial support, grantees are provided with mentorship from industry partners and additional networking and guidance, supporting the project teams as they advance their technologies toward commercialization.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This year\u2019s projects include turning waste into fertilizer, early identification of identifying citrus diseases and creating affordable test kits to detect E. coli in drinking water.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s5FoqD5D5mE<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/meche.mit.edu\/people\/faculty\/LIENHARD@MIT.EDU\">John H. Lienhard<\/a> V, director of J-WAFS and Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Water and Mechanical Engineering at MIT, describes the role of the J-WAFS Solutions program this way:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cThe combined effects of unsustainable human consumption patterns and the climate crisis threaten the world\u2019s water and food supplies. These challenges are already present, and the risks were made plain in several recent, high-profile international news reports. Innovation in the water and food sectors can certainly help, and it is urgently needed. Through the J-WAFS Solutions program, we seek to identify nascent technologies with the greatest potential to transform local or even global food and water systems, and then to speed their transfer to market. We aim to leverage MIT\u2019s entrepreneurial spirit to ensure that the water and food needs of our global human community can be met sustainably, now and far into the future.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The J-WAFS Solutions program is implemented in collaboration with&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/communityjameel.org\/\">Community Jameel<\/a> and is administered by J-WAFS in partnership with the&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/deshpande.mit.edu\/\">MIT Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.alj.com\/en\/our-people\/fady-jameel\/\">Fady Jameel<\/a>, President, International, Community Jameel says: <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Access to clean water, and better management of water resources, can boost countries\u2019 economic growth and can contribute greatly to poverty reduction. 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