{"635122":{"#nid":"635122","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dhongde Receives Funding to Address Food Insecurity in Atlanta","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoin us in congratulating Shatakshee Dhongde on the new project \u0026ldquo;\u003Cstrong\u003EInnovating the Food Supply Chain to Address Food Insecurity in Atlanta,\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;that received $75,000\u0026nbsp;through Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E2020 Small Bets Seed Grant\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Eprogram. Dhongde is a part of the team of investigators \u0026ndash; along with PI\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/people\/meisha-shofner\u0022\u003EMeisha Shofner\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and Co-PI\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/dxfptd.gatech.edu\/marc-zanghi\u0022\u003EMarc Zanghi\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026ndash; who will focus on estimating food insecurity levels in the Atlanta metro area.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe study seeks to provide insight into how to achieve United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #1: \u0026ldquo;By 2030, end hunger and ensure access by all people, in particular, the poor and people in vulnerable situations including infants, to safe, nutritious, and sufficient food all year round.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/econ.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/shatakshee-dhongde\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;Dhongde\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and her Co-PI\u0026rsquo;s describe the project: \u0026ldquo;According to a report by Feeding America 1.5 million people in Georgia are struggling with hunger - and 0.5 million of them are children. In Atlanta, the problem is accentuated by a greater concentration of poor households. We propose a novel way to address the food insecurity problem. Our project will illustrate a virtuous cycle connecting food insecurity with sustainable packaging. That food can be distributed to needy households using community partners. All packaging material can be recycled and used to produce new packaging or other products.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFood\u0026nbsp;insecurity\u0026nbsp;is primarily linked to poverty rates, but household level factors such as access to transportation and health problems can also play key roles. PI Dhongde (Economics) plans to use multidimensional deprivation indices in the context of food-insecure households. While understanding the reasons behind food insecurity, we will simultaneously investigate the use of a pervasive and recyclable polymer, polyethylene, for a variety of fresh food packaging applications.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":" Associate Professor, Shatakshee Dhongde, will address food insecurity in Atlanta with Small Bets Seed Grant. "}],"uid":"35230","created_gmt":"2020-05-06 18:15:14","changed_gmt":"2020-08-27 14:55:16","author":"schristmas3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-05-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-05-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"635120":{"id":"635120","type":"image","title":"Associate Professor, Shatakshee Dhongde","body":null,"created":"1588787743","gmt_created":"2020-05-06 17:55:43","changed":"1588787743","gmt_changed":"2020-05-06 17:55:43","alt":"","file":{"fid":"241679","name":"Severson.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Severson.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Severson.png","mime":"image\/png","size":109484,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Severson.png?itok=yFxsFUZL"}}},"media_ids":["635120"],"groups":[{"id":"1282","name":"School of Economics"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"602","name":"economics"},{"id":"99591","name":"Dhongde"},{"id":"1506","name":"faculty"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EShatakshee Dhongde\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAssociate Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eshatakshee.dhongde@econ.gatech.edu\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}