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Standing forests, living futures: Bio-business, livelihoods, and co-design in the Peruvian Amazon

Field trip understanding the Amazonian ecosystem. Photo: Courtesy Amanatari

Blog | Feb 25, 2026 | Sunny Jiang

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Standing forests, living futures: Bio-business, livelihoods, and co-design in the Peruvian Amazon

Exploring the promise of regenerative aquaculture at an Arkansas fish farm

Kiyoko “Kik” Hayano, a second-year mechanical engineering student at MIT, worked with Keo Fish Farms through MIT D-Lab to help find solutions to local water-quality challenges. “It opened my eyes to how engineering can support sustainable food systems and rural communities,” she says. Credits: Photo: Adam Glanzman

News | Feb 17, 2026 | William Funk | MIT D-Lab

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Exploring the promise of regenerative aquaculture at an Arkansas fish farm

Research Uptake Brief

Publication | Oct 09, 2022 | Elizabeth Hoffecker

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Support MIT D-Lab in the MIT 24-Hour Challenge 3.10.22!

Blog | Mar 04, 2022 | MIT D-Lab

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Support MIT D-Lab in the MIT 24-Hour Challenge 3.10.22!

Mismatched Perceptions of Digital Financial Services: Smallholder Farmers and Providers in Senegal

 Woman farmer in Senegal waters crops. Photo Credit: USAID/Senegal

Blog | Nov 12, 2020 | Alison Harrell

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Mismatched Perceptions of Digital Financial Services: Smallholder Farmers and Providers in Senegal

D-Lab Research in the time of the Covid-19 pandemic

Blog | Jun 30, 2020 | Kendra Leith

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D-Lab Research in the time of the Covid-19 pandemic

Here’s how we solve the planet’s food waste problem

Celebrity chef Ainsley Harriott at the launch of the campaign "Love Food, Hate Waste," which found that the UK is throwing away a third of all food bought in the country. David Parry - PA Images / PA Images via Getty Images

News | Aug 21, 2019 | Maddie Stone

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Here’s how we solve the planet’s food waste problem

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