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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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    World Aquaculture 2021

    24/05/2022 - 27/05/2022
    Aquaculture ponds at the NARDC in Kitwe, Zambia. Photo by Doina Huso.

    11th Session of the COFI Sub-Committee on Aqu…

    24/05/2022 - 27/05/2022
    US Ambassador visits Carp Genetic Improvement Program in Bangladesh. Photo by AWM Anisuzzaman/WorldFish.

    2022 AquaFarm

    25/05/2022 - 27/05/2022
    Picture for waste removal for In-Pond Raceway ((IPRS) System in Abbassa 23 March, 22. Photo by Ahmed Nasr-Allah, WorldFish Egypt.

    SEC Training Program: USSEC’s Aquaculture Nut…

    25/05/2022 - 25/05/2022

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    • The fish storage house constructed by WorldFish. Photo by Keagan Kakwasha

      Building a fish house for life and livelihoods

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    • Malawian fish farmer Agnes Kanyema feeds crop residue (irrigated with pond waste water) to her fish.

      Finding opportunities in Africa’s aquaculture sector

    • Couples attending a business development training session. Photo by Maherin Ahmed.

      Empowering women through business development training for c…

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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

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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Journal Article

Inland fisheries critical for the diet quality of young children in sub-Saharan Africa

Cohen, P.J., Simmance, F., Nagoli, J., Teoh, S.

Food security, Nutrition
Jan 2021
Fish traders and processors network: Enhancing trade and market access for small-scale fisheries in the West Central Gulf of Guinea
Working Paper

Fish traders and processors network: Enhancing trade and market access for small-scale fisheries in the West Central Gulf of Guinea

Market access
Oct 2020
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Couples attending a business development training session. Photo by Maherin Ahmed.

Empowering women through business development training for couples

Posted by Maherin Ahmed - 4 minutes read

Aquaculture, Resilient Small-scale fisheries, training

Sign of the (MoU) with the faculty of fish resources, Suez University at bibliotheca Alexandria. Photo by Ibrahim Elseira, Research Assistant, WorldFish, Egypt.

International stakeholders convene to promote sustainable aquaculture at AFRAQ21

Posted by Menna Mosbah - 4 minutes read

aquatic foods, aquatic food systems, Sustainability, Resilient Small-scale fisheries

Promoting nutrient-rich fish powder to improve diets in Myanmar and Zambia

Posted by Kate McMahon - 3 minutes read

Food security, Sustainability, SDGs

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