Browsing by Author "Thilsted, S.H."

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    • Polyculture of carps and mola in ponds and ponds connected to rice fields 

      Thilsted, S.H.; Wahab, M.A. (2014)
      Type: Brochure
      Throughout Bangladesh, there are more than 4.2 million household ponds. Regardless of their size and seasonality, whether they are isolated or connected to rice fields, each of these ponds has the potential to enhance its ...

    • Pond polyculture technologies combat micronutrient deficiencies and increase household income in Bangladesh 

      Thilsted, S.H.; Wahab, M.A. (2014)
      Type: Brief
      Two sustainable, low-cost pond polyculture technologies have been developed to culture carps and mola in ponds, and culture carps and mola in ponds connected to rice fields. These technologies can increase total fish ...

    • Recognize fish as food in policy discourse and development funding 

      Bennett, A.; Basurto, X.; Virdin, J.; Lin, X.; Betances, S.J.; Smith, M.D.; Allison, E.; Best, B.A.; Brownell, K.D.; Campbell, L.M.; Golden, C.D.; Havice, E.; Hicks, C.; Jacques, P.J.; Kleisner, K.; Lindquist, N.; Lobo, R.; Murray, G.D.; Nowlin, M.; Patil, P.G.; Rader, D.N.; Roady, S.E.; Thilsted, S.H.; Zoubek, S.; Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted: 0000-0002-4041-1651 (2021)
      Type: Journal Article
      The international development community is off-track from meeting targets for alleviating global malnutrition. Meanwhile, there is growing consensus across scientific disciplines that fish plays a crucial role in food and ...

    • Rights and representation support justice across aquatic food systems 

      Hicks, C.; Gephart, J.; Koehn, Z.; Takeshima, S.; Payne, H.J.; Allison, E.; Belhabib, D.; Cao, L.; Cohen, P.J.; Fanzo, J.; Fluet-Chouinard, E.; Gelcich, S.; Golden, C.D.; Gorospe, K.D.; Isaacs, M.; Kuempel, C.D.; Lee, K.N.; MacNeil, M.A.; Maire, E.; Njuki, J.; Rao, N.; Sumaila, U.; Selig, E.R.; Thilsted, S.H.; Wabnitz, C.C.; Naylor, R.L.; Philippa Jane Cohen: 0000-0002-9987-1943; Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted: 0000-0002-4041-1651 (2022)
      Type: Journal Article
      Injustices are prevalent in food systems, where the accumulation of vast wealth is possible for a few, yet one in ten people remain hungry. Here, for 194 countries we combine aquatic food production, distribution and ...

    • The Role of Aquaculture and Capture Fisheries in Meeting Food and Nutrition Security: Testing a Nutrition-Sensitive Pond Polyculture Intervention in Rural Zambia 

      Kaminski, A.; Little, D.; Middleton, L.; Syapwaya, M.; Lundeba, M.; Johnson, J.; Huchzermeyer, C.; Thilsted, S.H.; Alexander Kaminski: 0000-0001-5148-0460; Mary Lundeba: 0000-0001-8274-0800; Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted: 0000-0002-4041-1651 (2022)
      Type: Journal Article
      This study tested the efficacy of a pond polyculture intervention with farming households in northern Zambia. Longitudinal data on fish consumption and the associated nutrient intake of households (N = 57) were collected ...

    • The Role of Aquatic Foods in Sustainable Healthy Diets 

      Ahern, M.; Thilsted, S.H.; Oenema, S.; Barange, M.; Cartmill, M.K.; Brandstrup, S.C.; Doumeizel, V.; Dyer, N.; Frøyland, L.; Garrido-Gamarro, E.; Kühnhold, H.; Mohammed, E.; Penarubia, O.; Potin, P.; Sharan, S.; Utheim, A.; Uyar, B.; Vannuccini, S.; Ward, A.; Zhou, X.; Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted: 0000-0002-4041-1651
      Type: Working Paper
      Diverse aquatic foods – including animals, plants and microorganisms farmed in and harvested from water, as well as cell and plant-based foods emerging from new food technologies – have an essential role in ensuring food ...

    • Seafood in Food Security: A Call for Bridging the Terrestrial-Aquatic Divide 

      Stetkiewicz, S.; Norman, R.A.; Allison, E.; Andrew, N.L.; Ara, G.; Banner-Stevens, G.; Belton, B.; Beveridge, M.; Bogard, J.; Bush, S.R.; Coffee, P.; Crumlish, M.; Edwards, P.; Eltholth, M.; Falconer, L.; Ferreira, J.G.; Garrett, A.; Gatward, I.; Islam, F.U.; Kaminski, A.; Kjellevold, M.; Kruijssen, F.; Leschen, W.; Mamun, A.; McAdam, B.; Newton, R.; Krogh-Poulsen, B.; Pounds, A.; Richardson, B.; Roos, N.; Röös, E.; Shapper, A.; Spence-McConnell, T.; Suri, S.K.; Thilsted, S.H.; Thompson, K.D.; Tlusty, M.; Troell, M.; Vignola, R.; Young, J.A.; Zhang, W.; Little, D.; Jessica Bogard: 0000-0001-5503-5284; Alexander Kaminski: 0000-0001-5148-0460; Sharon K Suri: 0000-0003-3064-7991; Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted: 0000-0002-4041-1651 (2022)
      Type: Journal Article
      The contribution of seafood to global food security is being increasingly highlighted in policy. However, the extent to which such claims are supported in the current food security literature is unclear. This review assesses ...

    • Selection of small indigenous fish for breeding trials in the states of Assam and Odisha in India 

      Rajts, F.; Belton, B.; Thilsted, S.H.; Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted: 0000-0002-4041-1651 (2022)
      Type: Report
      Farming SIS has great potential to increase their availability in the market and make them more accessible to consumers but scaling up production of cultured SIS will require the development of new captive breeding techniques. ...

    • Spatial and temporal patterns of consumption of animal-source foods in Tanzania 

      Wang, P.; Tran, N.; Enahoro, D.; Chan, C.; Shikuku, K.M.; Rich, K.; Byrd, K.A.; Thilsted, S.H.; Nhuong Tran: 0000-0002-1813-4571; Dolapo Enahoro: 0000-0002-4927-5617; Chin Yee Chan: 0000-0001-8615-2678; Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku: 0000-0003-2290-074X; Kendra A Byrd: 0000-0003-4528-752X; Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted: 0000-0002-4041-1651 (2021)
      Type: Journal Article
      Animal-source foods (ASF) are an important source of nutrients in many developing countries. However, there is limited information on the demand for ASF and the factors influencing their consumption. This study assessed ...

    • Strengthening the contribution of aquaculture to food and nutrition security: The potential of a vitamin A-rich, small fish in Bangladesh 

      Fiedler, J.L.; Lividini, K.; Drummond, E.; Thilsted, S.H. (2016)
      Type: Journal Article
      Since 1961, global per capita fish consumption has nearly doubled. Much of the increase has been due to aquaculture. Bangladesh, the world's eighth largest fish producing country, has been part of this transformation. ...

    • Sustaining healthy diets: The role of capture fisheries and aquaculture for improving nutrition in the post-2015 era 

      Thilsted, S.H.; Thorne-Lyman, A.; Webb, P.; Bogard, J.R.; Subasinghe, R.; Phillips, M.J.; Allison, E.H. (2016)
      Type: Journal Article
      The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda makes achieving food security and ending malnutrition a global priority. Within this framework, the importance of fisheries in local and global food systems and its contribution ...

    • Ten strategies for research quality in distance research during COVID-19 and future food system shocks 

      McDougall, C.; Akester, M.J.; Notere Boso, D.; Choudhury, A.; Hasiba, Z.; Karisa, H.C.; Pereira, M.; Price, C.R.; Ride, A.; Scott, J.; Shearer, D.; Sutcliffe, S.; Thilsted, S.H.; Cynthia McDougall: 0000-0002-5606-6813; Michael Joseph Akester: 0000-0001-6526-1613; Afrina Choudhury: 0000-0003-1734-6238; Harrison Charo Karisa: 0000-0001-5323-794X; Christopher Ross Price: 0000-0002-1353-0188; Jessica Scott: 0000-0002-5106-1335; David Shearer: 0000-0001-7334-4208; Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted: 0000-0002-4041-1651 (2020)
      Type: Brief
      Food systems are faced with increasingly difficult challenges from COVID-19 and future climate, socioeconomic, health and other shocks. To build forward better from these shocks, effective responses are needed. These ...

    • The effect of daily consumption of the small fish Amblypharyngodon mola or added vitamin A on iron status: a randomised controlled trial among Bangladeshi children with marginal vitamin A status 

      Andersen, A.B.; Schmidt, L.K.H.; Faurholt-Jepsen, D.; Roos, N.; Friis, H.; Kongsbak, K.; Wahed, M.A.; Thilsted, S.H. (2016)
      Type: Journal Article
      Amblypharyngodon mola (mola) is a nutrient-rich, small fish found in ponds and rice fields in Bangladesh. The aim of the present intervention was to assess the effect of mola consumption on iron status in children with ...

    • The potential of nutrient-rich small fish species in aquaculture to improve human nutrition and health 

      Thilsted, S.H. (2012)
      Type: Conference Paper
      Small fish are a common food and an integral part of the everyday carbohydraterich diets of many population groups in poor countries. These populations also suffer from undernutrition, including micronutrient deficiencies ...

    • The Role of Fish in the First 1,000 Days in Zambia 

      Longley, C.; Thilsted, S.H.; Beveridge, M.; Cole, S.; Nyirenda, D.B.; Heck, S.; Hother, A.L.; Steven Cole: 0000-0002-8947-0871 (2014)
      Type: Journal Article
      Fish is especially rich in essential omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and micronutrients, including bioavailable calcium, iron and zinc. Fish features prominently in the diet of most, especially poor, Zambians. ...

    • The role of small indigenous fish species in food and nutrition security in Bangladesh 

      Thilsted, S.H.; Roos, N.; Hassan, N. (1997)
      Type: Journal Article
      In Bangladesh, only 6% of the daily food intake is animal food of which fish accounts for 50%. Rice is the mainstay, making up 60% of the daily food intake. However, many nutrients such as vitamins A and C, iron, calcium, ...

    • The Vital Roles of Blue Foods in the Global Food System 

      Leape, J.; Micheli, F.; Tigchelaar, M.; Allison, E.; Basurto, X.; Bennett, A.; Bush, S.R.; Cao, L.; Crona, B.; DeClerck, F.; Fanzo, J.; Gelcich, S.; Gephart, J.; Golden, C.D.; Hicks, C.; Kishore, A.; Koehn, Z.; Little, D.; Naylor, R.L.; Selig, E.R.; Short, R.; Sumaila, U.; Thilsted, S.H.; Troell, M.; Wabnitz, C.C.; Fabrice DeClerck: 0000-0002-3631-8745; Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted: 0000-0002-4041-1651 (2021)
      Type: Brief
      Blue foods – fish, invertebrates, algae and aquatic plants captured or cultured in freshwater and marine ecosystems – play a central role in food and nutrition security for billions of people and are a cornerstone of the ...

    • The vital roles of blue foods in the global food system 

      Tigchelaar, M.; Leape, J.; Micheli, F.; Allison, E.; Basurto, X.; Bennett, A.; Bush, S.R.; Cao, L.; Cheung, W.W.; Crona, B.; DeClerck, F.; Fanzo, J.; Gelcich, S.; Gephart, J.; Golden, C.D.; Halpern, B.S.; Hicks, C.; Jonell, M.; Kishore, A.; Koehn, Z.; Little, D.; Naylor, R.L.; Phillips, M.J.; Selig, E.R.; Short, R.; Sumaila, U.; Thilsted, S.H.; Troell, M.; Wabnitz, C.C.; Fabrice DeClerck: 0000-0002-3631-8745; Michael John Phillips: 0000-0002-0282-0286; Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted: 0000-0002-4041-1651 (2022)
      Type: Journal Article
      Blue foods play a central role in food and nutrition security for billions of people and are a cornerstone of the livelihoods, economies, and cultures of many coastal and riparian communities. Blue foods are extraordinarily ...

    • A win-win approach: Integrating fish into rice systems in Myanmar 

      Bevitt, K.; Dubois, M.; Akester, M.J.; Cohen, P.J.; Thilsted, S.H.; Mark Dubois: 0000-0002-8092-6465; Michael Joseph Akester: 0000-0001-6526-1613; Philippa Jane Cohen: 0000-0002-9987-1943; Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted: 0000-0002-4041-1651 (2019)
      Type: Poster
      This poster is an overview of integrating fish into rice systems in Myanmar with the objective of increasing agricultural productivity and reducing malnutrition in the country. In Myanmar, integrating fish into irrigation ...

    • Workshop Report: Production and conservation of nutrient-rich small fish (SIS) in ponds and wetlands for nutrition security and livelihoods in South Asia 

      Thilsted, S.H.; Wahab, M.A. (eds.) (2014)
      Type: Conference Paper
      Small indigenous fish species (SIS) are an important source of essential macro- and micronutrients that can play an important role in the elimination of malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies in the populations of ...