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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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    Mary Lundeba shows off fish from the women's pond. Photo by Agness Chileya, WorldFish.

    CGIAR WIRES: How do CGIAR women role model su…

    13/02/2023 - 13/02/2023
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    22nd World Sustainable Development Summit

    22/02/2023 - 24/02/2023
    Portrait of Mrs Emelia Abaka-Edu in front of her boat in Axim village, Ghana. Photo by Anna Fawcus, WorldFish.

    Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Developm…

    27/02/2023 - 02/03/2023
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    2022 International Year of Artisanal Fisherie…

    28/02/2023 - 28/02/2023

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    • Genetically improved farmed tilapia (GIFT) in Jitra, Malaysia. Photo by WorldFish.

      Key tilapia genome offers boost to global food security

    • According to a new study published in Cybium, FishBase is one of the most cited sources in the history of scientific research. Photo by Damocean/Getty Images.

      FishBase: An increasingly valuable resource

    • The transition from an extractive to a regenerative model will rely on systemic political and economic shifts. Photo by Sean Lee Kuan Shern

      Asia's 'blue capital' can help alleviate hung…

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      Working with Blue Guards to protect the marine biodiversity…

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LATEST PROJECTS

Jul 2022 - Jun 2027

Development And Scaling of Sustainable Feeds for Resilient Aquatic Food Systems in Sub-Saharan…

WorldFish is managing the project titled “Development and Scaling of Sustainable Feeds for Resilient Aquatic Food Systems in Sub-Sah…

Bangladesh

Apr 2020 - Sep 2022

Harnessing Machine Learning to Estimate Aquaculture Production and Value Chain Performance in…

The Harnessing Machine Learning project is funded by the USAID-funded Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish. There are three main…

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

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Plastic pollutants collected by Blue Guards. Photo by Md. Asaduzzaman.

Working with Blue Guards to protect the marine biodiversity in Bangladesh

Posted by Md. Asaduzzaman - 3 minutes read

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

The polyculture of small and large fish species in the homestead ponds in Zambia would offer a direct source of food for household consumption rather than farming tilapia strictly for markets. Photo by Lulu Middleton.

Diversifying fish species and sources provide a flexible pathway to food and nutrition security

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nutrition-sensitive approach, aquatic foods, Food security, Nutrition security

Betty Muleya. Photo by WorldFish.

A community health worker becomes a FishFirst! Zambia champion and local catalyst for change

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