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November 16, 2022
12. Responsible consumption and production

12. Responsible consumption and production

Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
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2. Zero hunger

Eradicate hunger, achieve food security, improve nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
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Meet Smriti Singh, a Nova SBE student, won the COLife Hackathon under the topic Future Food Challenge!

Learn more about the COLife Hackathon and the Future Food Challenge!

COLife, analliance of six life science research institutes, organized its first hackathondedicated to world food problems, and Smriti Sanjaykumar Singh, from NovaSchool of Business & Economics (Nova SBE) student, was one of the bigwinners.

Under the topic “Future Food Challenge”,COLife held its first hackathon, aimed at university students from differentareas of expertise, last March 27. Nova SBE student Smriti Sanjaykumar Singhwas one of the big winners by working, alongside her team, on a solution togrow crops in previously uncultivable areas with seawater using bacteria.

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