Increasing knowledge for income and nutrition from aquatic foods: Fish processing and business skills training in Timor-Leste

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Duarte A, Simões NF, Bonis-Profumo G, Pinto A, Schut T, Ximenes I do R and Hunnam K. 2025. Increasing knowledge for income and nutrition from aquatic foods: Fish processing and business skills training in Timor-Leste. Penang, Malaysia: WorldFish. Program Brief: 2025-49.

In partnership with government fisheries officers, a local training organization called Business Development Services Smart Lda (BDS Smart) and representatives from a women’s fish processing group from Beacou, WorldFish Timor-Leste provided training on fish processing and business skills to fishers, fish traders, gleaners and fish processors in coastal communities of Baucau, Lautem and Viqueque in 2023-2024. This brief summarizes key lessons from these activities.

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