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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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      COVID-19 impacts and adaptations in Asia and Africa’s aquatic food value chains

    • 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

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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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    Buying fish from roadside sellers, Pantanaw, Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar. Photo by Mike Akester.

    Gender dynamics in value chains: Beyond produ…

    21/09/2021 - 21/09/2021
    Global Conference on Aquaculture Millennium +20: Aquaculture for Food and Sustainable Development

    Global Conference on Aquaculture Millennium +…

    22/09/2021 - 25/09/2021
    Spear fishing, Solomon Islands. Photo by Pip Cohen.

    UN Food Systems Summit: Food is the Future

    22/09/2021 - 22/09/2021
    Aquaculture, Bangladesh. Photo by Martin Van Brakel.

    2021 UN Food Systems Summit

    23/09/2021

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    • Community-led refuge for small fish in Cambodia provides food, nutrition and income security to the rural communities. Photo by Finn Thilsted.

      Integrated food, land and water systems for building faster…

    • small-scale fisheries

      More affordable aquatic foods could prevent 166 million micr…

    • A fisherman casts his net in the Republic of Kiribati. Photo by Quentin Hanich

      Climate change major threat to food and income security in f…

    • Dr. Shakuntala Thilsted

      WorldFish's Shakuntala Thilsted honored with Arrell Glo…

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    We are a leading nonprofit research and innovation institution focused on aquatic foods for food system transformation for healthy people and planet.

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LATEST PROJECTS

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…

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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O'Leary, M., McMahon, K.

Aquaculture, Development
Jul 2021
Climate risk management practices of fish and shrimp farmers in the Mekong Region
Journal Article

Climate risk management practices of fish and shrimp farmers in the Mekong Region

Akester, M.J., Khin, M.

Aquaculture, Climate change adaptation
Jul 2021
Sustainable and accessible fish feeds for small-scale fish farmers
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Sustainable and accessible fish feeds for small-scale fish farmers

Yossa, R., Beveridge, M., Marwaha, N.

innovation, Goal 1 no poverty
Jun 2021
Shwe Ngar (Golden Fish) Mobile Application
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Shwe Ngar (Golden Fish) Mobile Application

Karim, M., Rizaldo, Q., Ali, S.A.

innovation, Technology
Apr 2021
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
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Dr. Shakuntala Thilsted

WorldFish's Shakuntala Thilsted honored with Arrell Global Food Innovation Award

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Nutrition, Sustainability, economy, Research

Aquatic foods are the cornerstone of the diets, livelihoods, economies and cultures of many communities around the world. Photo by Wade Fairley.

UNFSS solution cluster puts aquatic foods at the center of food systems

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Fisherwomen hold a catfish harvested from their pond in Cameroon. Photo by Randall Brummett.

Free webinar series fuels Africa’s aquaculture sector

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