Aquaculture may help meet the global demand for seafood, and arguably, ease pressure on wild stocks but it also raises many concerns: release of waste, potential spread of disease or unintentional escape of invasive species.

The “RapidSMS” text-messaging system, to be finalized by graduate students from Columbia University, was first developed in Ethiopia to monitor food supplies and will now be used to map and track child malnutrition trends in Malawi more accurately and in real time, enabling quick responses to unfolding food and nutritional crises.