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    • Systems-thinking approach to identify and assess feasibility of potential interventions to reduce antibiotic use in tilapia farming in Egypt

      Systems-thinking approach to identify and assess feasibility of potential interventions to reduce antibiotic use in tilapia farming in Egypt

    • Preliminary lessons from COVID-19 disruptions of small-scale fishery supply chains

      Preliminary lessons from COVID-19 disruptions of small-scale fishery supply chains

    • Gender equality in climate policy and practice hindered by assumptions

    • Emerging COVID-19 impacts, responses, and lessons for building resilience in the seafood system

      Emerging COVID-19 impacts, responses, and lessons for building resilience in the seafood system

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    AIN Project in Bangladesh. Photo by Habibul Haque, WorldFish.

    Arctic Frontiers 2023: Moving North

    30/01/2023 - 02/02/2023
    Hatchery and WorldFish Staff illustrate the process of collecting eggs from broodstock fish in Leohitu PPP hatchery during the USAID and MFAT site visit on 23-24 November 2021. Photo by Shandy Santos, WorldFish.

    2023 ECOSOC Partnership Forum

    31/01/2023 - 31/01/2023
    Paddle canoe fleet on Timor-Leste’s south coast. Adarai, Viqueque. Photo by Alex Tilley, WorldFish.

    Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative (GOBI) S…

    01/02/2023 - 02/02/2023
    An array of small scale fisherman are activite in coastal Tanzania. Photo by Samuel Stacey, WorldFish..

    5th International Marine Protected Areas Cong…

    03/02/2023 - 09/02/2023

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      A community health worker becomes a FishFirst! Zambia champi…

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    • Press Release: A diversity of fish species and sources provi…

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LATEST PROJECTS

Jul 2022 - Jun 2027

Development And Scaling of Sustainable Feeds for Resilient Aquatic Food Systems in Sub-Saharan…

WorldFish is managing the project titled “Development and Scaling of Sustainable Feeds for Resilient Aquatic Food Systems in Sub-Sah…

Bangladesh

Apr 2020 - Sep 2022

Harnessing Machine Learning to Estimate Aquaculture Production and Value Chain Performance in…

The Harnessing Machine Learning project is funded by the USAID-funded Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish. There are three main…

Enhanced Coastal Fisheries in Bangladesh - EcoFish Phase II

Dec 2019 - Dec 2020

Enhanced Coastal Fisheries in Bangladesh - EcoFish Phase II

ECOFISH supported coastal fishing communities and other fisheries' value chain stakeholders to improve the resilience of the Meghna…

Myanmar, Zambia

Feb 2022 - Aug 2023

Nutrient-rich small fish production, processing and marketing in Myanmar and Zambia (SPM)

The development and marketing of food products enhanced with dried small fish offers a novel solution to address major nutritional p…

carp polyculture

India, Bangladesh

Mar 2021 - Feb 2024

Taking nutrition-sensitive carp-SIS polyculture technology to scale

Fish is an irreplaceable source of micronutrients in diets in many developing countries, where large numbers of vulnerable people be…

ssf

Jan 2017 - Jan 2020

Illuminating Hidden Harvests

Research to raise awareness of small-scale fisheries Vital for food and livelihoods Small-scale fisheries provide livelihoods for…

Food security, Blue growth

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Discover our success stories, stories from the field, blogs and opinion pieces contributed by our thought leaders and global experts.

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Improving aquaculture with genomics resources for breeders

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Aquaculture, Genetics, genomics, Resilience

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El-Quseir discussed with CGIAR representatives ways to benefit from international alliances

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