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    Our research and innovation in aquatic food systems supports sustainable development and food systems transformation for healthy and resilient diets. 

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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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    We work across 20 countries in Asia, Africa and the Pacific to address sustainable development challenges through holistic aquatic food systems solutions. 

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    The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish and Aquaculture Africa Magazine (AAM)_2

    Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish: Impr…

    05/07/2022 - 05/07/2022
    An aquatic agricultural system, Bangladesh. Photo by Peter Fredenburg.

    CIMMYT-WorldFish Joint Seminar: Integrated ag…

    06/07/2022 - 06/07/2022
    Nicholas Kapi Ndabulula, fish trader, Barotse floodplain, Zambia. Photo by Clayton Smith.

    20th Biennial Conference of the International…

    18/07/2022 - 22/07/2022
    11th Symposium on Diseases in Asian Aquaculture (DAA11)

    11th Symposium on Diseases in Asian Aquacultu…

    23/08/2022 - 26/08/2022

    Latest News

    • Caulerpa is an edible green seaweed that is also commonly known as sea grapes due to the formation of small air bubbles surrounding its stems. Photo by Sean Lee Kuan Shern

      Renewing partnerships with Malaysian universities

    • A farmer from Gaibandha receives a Fish Card as part of obtaining a loan from Bank Asia. Photo by Debasish Bhattacharjee/WorldFish

      Partnering with Bank Asia to provide loans to small-scale aq…

    • Journalists from 15 news organizations attended an interactive media session on aquatic food systems reporting organized by WorldFish and the Bangladesh Agricultural Journalists Forum. Photo by Shaikh Shahrukh Farhan

      Working with journalists in Bangladesh to educate the public…

    • Grace Poporia harvests cassava from her home garden, One’ Oneabu, Malaita Province, Solomon Islands. Photo by Filip Milovac

      A critical look at livelihood diversification

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Digestibility

LATEST PROJECTS

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

Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Africa

Dec 2020 - Nov 2024

Increased sustainability in the aquaculture sector in Sub-Saharan Africa, through improved aquatic…

*/ African aquaculture is growing rapidly. Tilapia and catfish are the two most important farmed fish species in Africa. Additiona…

Bangladesh

Apr 2020 - Mar 2022

Harnessing machine learning to estimate aquaculture production and value chain performance in…

Digital technologies are undergoing a revolution. Machine learning, remote sensing, smartphones, mobile internet, social media, and…

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Related Publications

Apparent digestibility coefficients of banana peel, cassava peel, cocoa husk, copra waste, and sugarcane bagasse in the GIFT strain of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)
Journal Article

Apparent digestibility coefficients of banana peel, cassava peel, cocoa husk, copra waste, and sugarcane bagasse in the GIFT strain of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

Yossa, R., Ahmad Fatan, N.

Digestibility, Tilapia
Apr 2021
Apparent digestibility coefficients of local palm kernel cakes, rice bran, maize bran and sago flour in the GIFT strain of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)
Journal Article

Apparent digestibility coefficients of local palm kernel cakes, rice bran, maize bran and sago flour in the GIFT strain of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

Yossa, R., Ahmad Fatan, N., Fairchild, J.

Digestibility, Fish
Jan 2021
Cell wall disruption increases bioavailability of Nannochloropsis gaditana nutrients for juvenile Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)
Journal Article

Cell wall disruption increases bioavailability of Nannochloropsis gaditana nutrients for juvenile Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

Feeds, Fatty acids
Jan 2020
Cell wall disruption: An effective strategy to improve the nutritive quality of microalgae in African catfish (Clarias gariepinus)
Journal Article

Cell wall disruption: An effective strategy to improve the nutritive quality of microalgae in African catfish (Clarias gariepinus)

Feeds, Fatty acids
Jan 2020
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Discover our success stories, stories from the field, blogs and opinion pieces contributed by our thought leaders and global experts.

Grace Poporia harvests cassava from her home garden, One’ Oneabu, Malaita Province, Solomon Islands. Photo by Filip Milovac

A critical look at livelihood diversification

Posted by Kate McMahon - 3 minutes read

Livelihood diversification, Sustainable Development, Resilient Small-scale fisheries, Research

Aquatic food systems offer diverse solutions for tackling malnutrition, lowering the environmental footprint of our food systems and lifting millions of people out of poverty

Ushering in a shared prosperity through aquatic food systems

Posted by Essam Yassin Mohammed - 4 minutes read

Sustainability, Resilient Small-scale fisheries, Development, equality

The ocean is an incredible source of aquatic foods. Photo by Md. Asaduzzaman.

Protecting and restoring our oceans for future generations

Posted by Md. Asaduzzaman - 6 minutes read

Resilient Small-scale fisheries, Sustainability, Water pollution, Biodiversity conservation

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