Wednesday, 11 September 2019, on the final day of World Seafood Congress, WorldFish will be participating in The Great Debate: Critical Decisions for Future Success. Dr. Philippa Cohen and Dr. Cynthia McDougall will join the panel of keynote speakers to discuss on how to mitigate the disproportionate impacts of climate change and environmental degradation on the resource base, and ways our respective sector(s) can help address these global challenges.

The panel of keynote speakers are as follows:

Today, people around the world are celebrating the International Day of Rural Women, which recognizes the invaluable contribution of rural women to the sustainability, food security and wellbeing of rural communities.

A  “Food Systems transformation through a blue lens: the next big questions” Dialogue by EAT, Stanford University and Stockholm Resilience Centre.

MARCH 11TH 2019, MONDAY

The use of ontologies in agricultural data management and reuse, under the CGIAR Big Data Platform, is evolving at a fast pace but requires shared knowledge and consistency of use across sectors. In order to optimize integration and efficiency of data, for this webinar, a panel of experts will exchange on the dimensions important to consider when identifying an ontology for data annotation and other applications.

This was a side event of the World Food Prize Borlaug Dialogue on the CGIAR 2030 Research Strategy and partnership opportunities in the transition to One CGIAR.

Date: Monday, 12 October 2020

Time: 07:45 – 08:45 (CDT) / 20:45 – 21:45 (UTC+8)

This is the Tenth Annual Summit of the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) event co-hosted by the Government of Rwanda and the AGRF Partners Group.

Date: Tuesday-Friday, 8-11 September 2020
Time:  16:00 PM -01:00 AM (UTC+8)

Watch the AGRF Virtual Summit series

The Honorable Mr. Sim Tze Tzin, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry, Federal Government of Malaysia accompanied by an entourage of his staff will be visiting WorldFish Headquarters in Penang, Malaysia on Friday, 10 May 2019. The visit is part of the Honorable Mr. Sim Tze Tzin effort to learn more about how WorldFish’s work helping Malaysia in its effort to continue developing fisheries and aquaculture sustainably.

A webinar, co-organized by the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) and Food Security Portal to examine results of several recent studies on how various food value chains are responding to COVID-19.

Date: Friday, 11 December 2020

Time: 23:00 PM – 00:00 AM (UTC+8)

A virtual webinar to discuss current trends in the Tunisian Aquaculture sector. 

Date: Thursday, 25-16 February 2021

Time: 21:00 (UTC+8)

This virtual webinar hosted by Aquaculture Africa Magazine explored the roles and contributions of sustainable aquaculture production in Tunisia, which is a small country at the northern tip of Africa but is the most significant African producer of marine finfish, critical to meeting the economic, income and livelihood needs of people in Africa. 

On the second day of the World Seafood Congress, 10 September 2019, Tuesday, The Multi-regional perspective for delivering Sustainable Development Goals Session will be chaired and organized by WorldFish, an international non-profit research organization working in Africa, Asia and the Pacific and member of the CGIAR a global agriculture research partnership for a food secure future.