{"id":75149,"date":"2022-12-07T02:05:26","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T02:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/climate\/2022\/12\/07\/student-produced-app-to-minimize-food-waste-and-increase-food-security-in-dubai\/"},"modified":"2022-12-07T02:05:26","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T02:05:26","slug":"student-produced-app-to-minimize-food-waste-and-increase-food-security-in-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/climate\/2022\/12\/07\/student-produced-app-to-minimize-food-waste-and-increase-food-security-in-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"Student-produced app to minimize food waste and increase food security in Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-07\"><\/a> <strong>Tech to boost food security:<\/strong> A group of students in Dubai plan to launch a platform to allow low-income households to purchase groceries at a discounted price, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khaleejtimes.com\/uae\/dubai-students-to-launch-app-for-low-income-people-to-buy-groceries-at-discounted-rates\">Khaleej<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.khaleejtimes.com\/uae\/dubai-students-to-launch-app-for-low-income-people-to-buy-groceries-at-discounted-rates\">Times<\/a> reports. The Project Ubuntu app and website will focus on vegetables and bakery items at supermarkets that are nearing their best-buy dates and offer reduced prices, ultimately minimizing food waste across Dubai grocery shops.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A-maize-ing innovators<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gemsmodernacademy-dubai.com\/en\">GEMS Modern Academy<\/a> highschoolers developed their idea with the help of one of their teachers and published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ijisrt.com\/assets\/upload\/files\/IJISRT22MAR1185_(1).pdf\">a research paper<\/a> covering all the relevant market analysis in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ijisrt.com\/\">International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology<\/a>. The kids also raised some USD 2.7k through a crowdfunding campaign to help bring the platform to life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tech to boost food security: A group of students in Dubai plan to launch a platform to allow low-income households to purchase groceries at a discounted price, KhaleejTimes reports. 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