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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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    Boat preparation. Photo by WorldFish.

    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

    Latest News

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

      Building a fish house for life and livelihoods

    • Kalapara celebrates World Earth Day, tree plantation stresse…

    • 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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Malawi

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WorldFish Malawi Office
Garden Court Office Park, Area 11, Office block 3
P. O. Box 30294
Capital City, Lilongwe, Malawi

Contact: Lucious Kanyumba
+265 881 610 610
worldfish-malawi@cgiar.org

The Latest

Diving deep into the diversity of fish and other aquatic foods offers an unmatched potential to transform food systems for healthier people and a sustainable planet.

Harnessing aquatic foods for sustainable healthy diets

Posted by John Beddington, Naoko Yamamoto

Nutrition, aquatic food systems, Sustainability

Dr Shakuntala Thilsted is the first woman of Asian descent to win an award dubbed the Nobel prize of food

Why fish and aquatic foods are the answer to global hunger

Posted by Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted

World Food Prize, Nutrition, aquatic food systems

Smoked fish under a solar drier in Zambia. Photo by Chosa Mweemba.

5 innovations reducing loss and waste in aquatic food systems

Posted by Kate McMahon

innovation, Research, Food wastes, Economic losses

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Piloting inclusive business and entrepreneurial models - Project Brief: January - December 2021
Brief

Piloting inclusive business and entrepreneurial models - Project Brief: January - December 2021

Cullhaj, M., Burcham, L.

Apr 2022
AfDB_Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT)_Quarterly Project Performance Reporting Q4_ October – December 2021
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AfDB_Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT)_Quarterly Project Performance Reporting Q4_ October – December 2021

Fregene, B.T.

gender equality
Apr 2022
AfDB_Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT)_Quarterly Project Performance Reporting Q3_ July – September 2021
Donor Report

AfDB_Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT)_Quarterly Project Performance Reporting Q3_ July – September 2021

Fregene, B.T.

gender equality
Apr 2022
Socio-economic and biological impacts of the fish-based feed industry for sub-Saharan Africa
Internal Report

Socio-economic and biological impacts of the fish-based feed industry for sub-Saharan Africa

sub-Saharan Africa, Fish products
Mar 2022
African Aquaculture: Genetic Resource and Traditional Knowledge Access and Benefit Sharing Measures
Journal Article

African Aquaculture: Genetic Resource and Traditional Knowledge Access and Benefit Sharing Measures

Benzie, J.

Africa, Traditional knowledge
Jan 2022
Better management guidelines for smallholder fish farmers in Malawi; Ndondomeko Zamakono Zoyendetsera Ulimi wa Nsomba za Alimi Ango’noang’ono m’Malawi
Manual

Better management guidelines for smallholder fish farmers in Malawi; Ndondomeko Zamakono Zoyendetsera Ulimi wa Nsomba za Alimi Ango’noang’ono m’Malawi

Mudege, N., Lundeba, M., Chungu, P., Chisusu, D.

Aquaculture, Smallholder farmers
Jan 2022
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Our Projects In Malawi

2 Projects in Malawi

Malawi

May 2020 - Dec 2024

AFDB-Sustainable Capture Fisheries ,Aquaculture Development and WaterShed Management Project

The “Sustainable Fisheries, Aquaculture Development and Watershed Development Project” consists of four components which include:…

Myanmar, Bangladesh, Malawi

Jul 2018 - Jun 2021

Scaling systems and partnerships for accelerating the adoption of improved tilapia strains by small…

Global demand for seafood continues to rise and is driven by population growth, higher incomes, urbanization and increasing preferen…

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Malawi

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