and they are committed to using their expertise in science, engineering, urban design, and business innovation to pursue these and other opportunities to ensure future water and food security. are combining their strengths and research with MIT’s ability to collaborate with partners around the world so as to tackle difficult regional problems in their local context. By developing scientific understanding, new technologies, effective policies, and business solutions, MIT’s efforts are aimed at a future in which the world’s water and food needs are met – met in both the developed and the developing world, and met in an environmentally sustainable way.