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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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    Farmers are taking care of vegetable they plan in their pond dike. Photo by AWM Anisuzzaman.

    The triple challenge of meeting food, climate…

    26/07/2021 - 26/07/2021
    A woman cleaning fish at her house in Jessore, Bangladesh. Photo by M. Yousuf Tushar.

    Aquatic foods for healthy people and planet

    26/07/2021 - 26/07/2021
    AIN Project in Bangladesh. Photo by Habibul Haque.

    Unleashing science’s potential to transform f…

    27/07/2021 - 27/07/2021
    A mother and her daughters share a meal of Mozambique tilapia, cabbage and potato with coconut milk, Taflankwasa village, Malaita Province, Solomon Islands. Photo by Filip Milovac.

    Putting nutrition at the centre of food syste…

    27/07/2021 - 27/07/2021

    Latest News

    • A fish farmer poses with his genetically-improved tilapia in Odisha, India. Photo by Arabinda Mahapatra.

      Scientific breakthrough shows promise for disease-resistant…

    • A woman processor holds dried fish in a solar tent dryer in Senanga District, Zambia. Photo by Olek Kaminski.

      Five actions to strengthen the contribution of fish to food…

    • Food systems must provide equitable livelihood opportunities for young people. Photo by WorldFish.

      Putting youth at the heart of aquatic food system transforma…

    • A group of women farmers in Jhalokathi, Bangladesh. Photo by Mohammad Mahabubur Rahman.

      Laying Down Tracks Podcast: Episode 4 - Equitable livelihood…

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innovation

LATEST PROJECTS

ssf

Dec 2016 - 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…

Vanuatu, Kiribati, Solomon Islands

Sep 2017 - Jun 2021

Strengthening and scaling community-based approaches to Pacific coastal fisheries management in…

In the small island developing states of the Pacific, catching, trading, and eating fish are central to the way of life and local an…

Zambia

Nov 2016 - Dec 2022

Zambia - Aquaculture Enterprise Development Project

The Aquaculture Enterprise Development Project stimulates a viable aquaculture sub-sector in Zambia to promote economic diversificat…

Bangladesh

Aug 2015 - Dec 2022

Suchana: Ending the cycle of undernutrition in Bangladesh

Many poverty-stricken families and communities in Sylhet and Moulavibazar districts of Bangladesh are suffering from chronic malnutr…

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Innovation, practice, and adaptation to climate in the aquaculture sector
Journal Article

Innovation, practice, and adaptation to climate in the aquaculture sector

Akester, M.J.

Adaptation, Aquaculture
Jan 2021
KULIMA Promoting Farming in Malawi: Improving the access to and use of agriculture research innovations by Malawian farmers: Project brief May 2019 to October 2019
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KULIMA Promoting Farming in Malawi: Improving the access to and use of agriculture research innovations by Malawian farmers: Project brief May 2019 to October 2019

Cullhaj, M., Gutierrez, A.

innovation
Apr 2020
The why, what, who and how of scaling agricultural innovations: Key messages from the CCAFS SEA and cross-CRP Scaling Conference, Hanoi 2018
Brief

The why, what, who and how of scaling agricultural innovations: Key messages from the CCAFS SEA and cross-CRP Scaling Conference, Hanoi 2018

Uhlenbrock, S.

Agriculture, Climate change
Jan 2019
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A group of women farmers in Jhalokathi, Bangladesh. Photo by Mohammad Mahabubur Rahman.

Laying Down Tracks Podcast: Episode 4 - Equitable livelihoods, gender equality and aquatic foods

Posted by Aniss Khalida Mohd Khalid

A farmer casts fish feed into a pond in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Photo by Neil Palmer.

Developing sustainable fish feed for healthy people and planet

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Sustainability, Livelihoods, Aquaculture, innovation

Harvesting fish with gill nets under two metres of ice on the Kolyma River, Sakha-Yakutia, Russia (Siberia). Photo by Snowchange.

Owning the story: People and human rights at the heart of communication on small-scale fisheries

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small-scale fishers, Small-scale fisheries, human rights, Participatory approach

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