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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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    Where we work

    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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    • Egypt
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    Fishing boats are seen as water quality improves improves beyond Buriganga. Photo by Mohammad Shohorab Hossain.

    2021 Arrell Food Summit

    28/10/2021 - 29/10/2021
    Mozambique tilapia is simmered with cabbage and coconut milk, Taflankwasa village, Malaita Province, Solomon Islands. Photo by Filip Milovac.

    IMBeR West Pacific Symposium 2021: Dried Smal…

    22/11/2021 - 25/11/2021
    World Aquaculture 2020

    World Aquaculture 2021

    05/12/2021 - 08/12/2021
    Aquaculture Africa 2021: Sustainable Aquaculture - Feeding Africa

    Aquaculture Africa 2021: Sustainable Aquacult…

    11/12/2021 - 14/12/2021

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    • A farmer with seaweed in its culture site in Atauro Island, Timor-Leste. Photo by Jharendu Pant.

      Spotlighting seaweed on the global food systems agenda

    • WorldFish scientist Shakuntala Thilsted receives award for her influential research on nutrition, fish and aquatic food systems

      Press Release: Aquatic foods make a splash at World Food Pri…

    • World Food Prize Laureate Shakuntala Thilsted congratulates CGIAR for 50 years of innovation at CGIAR’s 50th Anniversary celebration. Photo is screenshot of virtual proceedings.

      World Food Prize Laureate champions aquatic foods at CGIAR A…

    • World Food Prize Winner Shakuntala Thilsted presents a lecture at Iowa State University in Des Moines. Photo by Finn Thilsted.

      World Food Prize Highlights: Aquatic foods make a splash in…

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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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Related Publications

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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Discover our success stories, stories from the field, blogs and opinion pieces contributed by our thought leaders and global experts.

Urebashi Mallick prepares fresh mola in Gobindpur village Odisha India

Rural women revolutionize the fight against malnutrition in Odisha, India

Posted by Kate McMahon

Gender, Nutrition, Nutrition security, Food security

Aquatic foods are vital for the health and nourishment of three billion people and the livelihoods of eight hundred million people around the world. Photo by David Mills

Global research effort sets the stage for an aquatic food future 

Posted by Kate McMahon

Food security, Climate change, Nutrition, Research

Women empowerment and gender equality can lead to better outcomes for aquatic food systems. Photo by WorldFish.

Four strategies to achieve inclusive and equitable aquatic food systems

Posted by Sean Lee Kuan Shern

Gender, gender equality, gender-transformative approach

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