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    • African women join forces to overcome COVID-19 challenges in aquatic food systems 

      O'Leary, M.
      Type: Blog
      Across Africa, women working in aquatic food value chains are banding together to support their livelihoods and ensure the continued flow of fish despite COVID-19 lockdowns and disruptions.
    • Annual Report 2019 

      Phillips, M.J.; O'Leary, M.; Michael John Phillips: 0000-0002-0282-0286 (2020)
      Type: Internal Report
      The 2019 Annual Report outlines the CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-Food Systems (FISH) achievements in delivering evidence-based solutions that address the complex challenges and opportunities in fish agri-food systems ...
    • Aquatic Foods for Health and Livelihoods in Timor-Leste 

      O'Leary, M.; Huso, D.; Doina Huso: 0000-0002-4477-2593
      Type: Website
      Although Timor-Leste has a rich culinary history of food from the sea, fish and other aquatic foods are often inaccessible and too expensive for many Timorese. Agustinha Duarte, a WorldFish research analyst, is working to ...
    • Cookbook celebrates aquatic foods for life and livelihoods in Timor-Leste 

      O'Leary, M.; McMahon, K.
      Type: Blog
      A new cookbook celebrates aquatic foods and their traditional cooking methods in Timor-Leste. Aquatic foods have the potential to improve health and nutrition in the country and support rural livelihoods.
    • COVID-19 impact on aquatic food systems reveals insights for future resilience 

      O'Leary, M.; McMahon, K.
      Type: Blog
      The onset of COVID-19 disrupted food value chains and reversed years of progress on key development indicators. The pandemic induced shocks to food systems globally, but particularly impacted value chains in food insecure ...
    • Early COVID-19 responses in the seafood sector offer crucial lessons for dealing with future shocks in food systems 

      O'Leary, M. (2021)
      Type: News Item/Press Item
      New research examines disruptions from COVID-19 to the seafood sector and puts forth evidence-based recommendations for building future resilience in food systems.
    • Emerging Scientist: Laura Khor 

      O'Leary, M.; McMahon, K.
      Type: Blog
      Laura Khor, a WorldFish Research Fellow, earned her Master of Science in Aquaculture from Universiti Malaysia Sabah and is currently working on novel approaches to monitoring and mitigating disease outbreaks in aquaculture. ...
    • Equitable digital tools can boost small-scale fisher livelihoods 

      O'Leary, M.; McMahon, K. (2021)
      Type: Blog
      In low- and middle-income countries, ICTs can be used to assist small-scale fishers and fish workers, but illiteracy and unreliable internet connectivity need to be addressed to ensure marginalised fishers are not left behind.
    • The FISH Newsletter 

      O'Leary, M.; Huso, D.; Doina Huso: 0000-0002-4477-2593
      Type: Newsletter
      A curated collection of stories, publications, campaigns, and events stemming from FISH's research and innovations work for the first quarter of 2021.
    • Gender assumptions harm progress on climate adaption and resilience, new study finds 

      O'Leary, M.
      Type: Blog
      Outdated assumptions around gender continue to hinder effective and fair policymaking and action for climate mitigation and adaptation, a new study published in Nature Climate Change has found.
    • In the Spotlight: Anouk Ride 

      O'Leary, M.; Mohd Khalid, A.; McMahon, K.
      Type: Blog
      Anouk Ride is WorldFish's social scientist based in the Solomon Islands. Ride's research focuses on human wellbeing and social security. Ride works at the intersection of conflict, gender and social inclusion in small-scale ...
    • In the Spotlight: Bernadette Fregene 

      O'Leary, M.; McMahon, K.
      Type: Blog
      Bernadette Fregene is WorldFish’s aquaculture compact leader and a professor of aquaculture and fisheries extension, economics, and marketing at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. Fregene facilitates the delivery of new ...
    • In the spotlight: Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku 

      O'Leary, M.; McMahon, K.
      Type: Blog
      WorldFish scientist Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku sits down for a Q&A to discuss his research on scaling and disseminating aquaculture innovations to rural fish farmers.
    • In the Spotlight: Sajeda Yasmin 

      McMahon, K.; O'Leary, M. (2021)
      Type: Blog
      WorldFish researcher Sajeda Yasmin discusses her efforts to make aquaculture more gender-inclusive in Bangladesh.
    • In the Spotlight: Tasnuva Zaman 

      O'Leary, M.; Mohd Khalid, A.
      Type: Blog
      Tasnuva Zaman is WorldFish's senior gender specialist based in Bangladesh. Zaman's research focuses on gender mainstreaming, which calls for an integrated gender perspective at all stages of development, and she works to ...
    • Inland fisheries critical for nourishing young children in sub-Saharan Africa, study reveals 

      O'Leary, M.; McMahon, K.
      Type: Blog
      Inland fisheries are critical to supplying children with the nutritious, diverse diets required for cognitive development in rural sub-Saharan households, a new WorldFish research publication revealed.
    • Interns shape the future of aquaculture in Zambia 

      O'Leary, M.; Muzungaire, L.; Siamudaala, V. (2021)
      Type: Blog
      Aquaculture internship programs help youth to gain experience and fill in industry gaps for win-win benefits. This is an initiative of WorldFish in partnership with Musika. This work was undertaken as part of the CGIAR ...
    • Pond Polyculture: Disrupting gender and cultural norms in Luwingu, Northern Province, Zambia 

      O'Leary, M.; Wismen, B. (2021)
      Type: Blog
      Pond polyculture is one of the methodologies employed through the nutrition-sensitive fish agri-food systems approach as means to improve food and nutrition security and livelihoods in vulnerable communities. The ‘Managing ...
    • Press Release: Strengthened research collaboration boosts sustainable, equitable aquaculture in Africa 

      O'Leary, M. (2021)
      Type: News Item/Press Item
      In a move to foster new opportunities for nutritious food and local livelihoods, WorldFish has strengthened its research partnership with the Lake Victoria Fishing Organization (LVFO) to guide the development of sustainable ...
    • Press Release: Timor-Leste’s 2nd public-private-partnership tilapia hatchery opens in Lautem 

      O'Leary, M.; Huso, D.; Doina Huso: 0000-0002-4477-2593 (2021)
      Type: News Item/Press Item
      The second public-private partnership (PPP) Genetically Improved Farmed Tilapia (GIFT) hatchery has opened in Parlamento, Lautem, providing a significant boost to Timor-Leste’s emerging aquaculture sector and bolstering ...