MSU global hunger lab gets $15.8M

STARKVILLE, Miss. - U.S. Rep. Gregg Harper (R-Miss.) announced a more than $15.8M award over the next five years for the Feed the Future Fish Innovation Lab at Mississippi State University, reports WTVA news in Tupelo. The goal of the Fish Innovation Lab is to reduce global hunger, malnutrition and poverty through science, technology and innovation. “It is predicted that our world’s population will increase to more than nine billion by the year 2050. That means that food production will have to increase by 60 to 70 percent in order to feed the world,” Harper told the TV station. (Source: WTVA 09/07/18)