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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

      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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    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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    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 - 25/09/2021
    Giant clam floating ocean cages, Solomon Islands. Photo by Mike McCoy.

    2021 Sustainable Development Impact Summit: L…

    23/09/2021 - 23/09/2021

    Latest News

    • Pronoti Rani and her children eat nutrient-rich small fish in their meal in Moulavibazar, Bangladesh. Photo by Mohammad Mahabubur Rahman.

      Global demand for aquatic foods set to nearly double by 2050…

    • 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…

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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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The Latest

Pronoti Rani and her children eat nutrient-rich small fish in their meal in Moulavibazar, Bangladesh. Photo by Mohammad Mahabubur Rahman.

Global demand for aquatic foods set to nearly double by 2050

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Food security, Research, Nutrition

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 resilience

Posted by Sean, Lee

small-scale fisheries

More affordable aquatic foods could prevent 166 million micronutrient deficiencies worldwide, finds new paper

Posted by Doina Huso

Food security, Research, Nutrition

Read More News

Related Publications

Aquaculture Technical, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training for Improved Private Sector and Smallholder Skills project in Zambia
Other (Infographic)

Aquaculture Technical, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training for Improved Private Sector and Smallholder Skills project in Zambia

training, Small-scale farmers
Apr 2020
Journal Article

Changes in the biomass of chambo in the southeast arm of Lake Malawi: A stock assessment of Oreochromis spp.

Jamu, D.

Surveys
Sep 2018
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Our Projects In Africa

1 Projects in Africa

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…

Explore more Projects

Meet The Team

Ahmad Tarmidzi bin Ramly

Lindiwe Sibanda

Marleen Schutter

Lucious Kanyumba

Zenat Zebin Hossain

Md. Abdul Wahab

Wahab Abdul

Vishnumurthy Mohan Chadag

Trong Quoc Trinh

Trong Quoc Trinh

Surendran Rajaratnam

Surendran Rajaratnam

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Pronoti Rani and her children eat nutrient-rich small fish in their meal in Moulavibazar, Bangladesh. Photo by Mohammad Mahabubur Rahman.

Global demand for aquatic foods set to nearly double by 2050

Posted by

Food security, Research, Nutrition

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 resilience

Posted by Sean, Lee

small-scale fisheries

More affordable aquatic foods could prevent 166 million micronutrient deficiencies worldwide, finds new paper

Posted by Doina Huso

Food security, Research, Nutrition

Read More News

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Zhejiang Agriculture & Forestry University
Zhejiang Agriculture & Forestry University
Department of Fisheries, Myanmar
Department of Fisheries, Myanmar
University of Hohenheim
University of Hohenheim
BRAC
BRAC
RDRS Bangladesh
RDRS Bangladesh
Friends in Village Development Bangladesh (FIVDB)
Friends in Village Development Bangladesh (FIVDB)
International Rice Research Institute
International Rice Research Institute
Borlaug Institute for South Asia
Borlaug Institute for South Asia

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