World Ocean Summit Virtual Week
A series of deep dive discussions on global initiatives toward achieving a sustainable ocean economy.
Date: Monday-Friday, 1-5 March 2021
Time: 20:00 PM - 01:00 AM (UTC+8)
Digital Fisheries in the Commonwealth: What is it?
A virtual dialogue exploring technological advancements to boost small-scale fisheries in Commonwealth countries.
Date: Tuesday, 2 March 2021
Time: 17:30 - 19:00 (UTC+8)
COVID-19 impacts and adaptations in Asia and Africa’s aquatic food value chains
We tracked the impacts of COVID-19 on aquatic food value chains in Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Myanmar and Nigeria during 2020. We assessed the availability and price of aquatic foods and production inputs using a high frequency panel survey of 767 actors from eight value chain nodes. We also conducted semi-structured phone interviews with 63 respondents in Bangladesh and online interviews with 100 aquatic food value chain actors and key informants from 17 sub-Saharan African countries.
V2V Thematic Webinar: Vibrant and Vital Small-Scale Fisheries Amidst a Sea of Transformation
A virtual presentation to discuss the opportunities of small-scale fisheries in progressing the Sustainable Development Agenda towards a fair, just and equitable food future for all.
Date: Friday, 26 February 2021
Time: 20:00 PM - 21:15 PM (UTC+8)
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The Big Fish Series: Impacts of COVID-19 on Seafood Value Chains
A second seminar in the Big Fish Series to explore the scope of recent COVID-19 disruptions, impacts and range of responses across the aquatic foods system.
Date: Thursday, 11 February 2021
Time: 21:00-22:00 (UTC+8)
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Guide to improving live fish transportation with special attention to the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh and other tropical developing countries
The main objective of this guide is to improve human safety during the COVID-19 pandemic in relation to harvesting and transporting live fish. Other objectives include (i) providing safer methods for handling and transportation, (ii) improving animal welfare, (iii) reducing road safety hazards, and (iv) detailing methods to reduce the cost of live fish transportation. However, some farmers and traders use inappropriate transportation practices, which have led to health hazards during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Virtual Event - CGIAR COVID-19 Hub: Supporting National Responses to a Global Pandemic
A virtual policy seminar event as part of the CGIAR COVID-19 Hub in support of the national responses to a global pandemic co-organized by IFPRI and CGIAR COVID-19 Hub.
Date: Tuesday, 12 January 2021
Time: 22:30 PM – 00:00 AM (UTC+8)
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Virtual Webinar: COVID-19 Risk and Food Value Chains
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)
Episode 3 of EAT@Home: How small-scale food producers can receive their fair share
Fishers, farmers and other food producers feed us, yet are some of the world’s poorest. In this episode, EAT@Home and featured experts discussed how they can receive their fair share.
In the video, our aquatic deep-dive continues, as you'll hear from our Research Program Leader for Value Chains and Nutrition, Shakuntala Thilsted on the importance of aquatics food in feeding the world within environmental limits.
SLU Future Food and SLU Global: COVID-19’s Effects on Global Food Systems and How to Respond
The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) SLU Future Food and SLU Global will hold a breakfast seminar to learn more about the complicated topic of the global food system and the threats the new pandemic has on it.
Date: Wednesday, 3 December 2020
Time: 15:00-16:00 (UTC+8)
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