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Training manual on household based pond aquaculture,homestead gardening and nutrition awareness
Type: Manual
Currently many farming households face health and economic risks because of problems in malnutrition as a result of lack of knowledge and training, improved technologies and processes in farming. From the beginning of the ...
Small fish can mean big nutrition
Type: Brief
Malnutrition levels in Bangladesh are amongst the highest in the world. Approximately half of Bangladesh’s population lives below the food poverty line and the dietary intake of both adults and children are severely deficient ...
Sub-Saharan fish trade and nutrition in a changing climate
Type: Brief
There is an increasing ‘fish gap’ in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where fish supplies have failed to keep pace with the region’s growing demand. Despite the high dependence on fish for nutrition in much of the region, consumption ...
Aquaculture, fisheries, poverty and food security
Type: Working Paper
Fisheries and aquaculture play important roles in providing food and income in many developing countries, either as a stand-alone activity or in association with crop agriculture and livestock rearing. The aim of this paper ...
Fish and human nutrition
Type: Brochure
This flyer highlights the diet of fish in providing essential micronutrient for some population groups living in riparian and coastal areas.
Training manual on improved rice-fish culture and dyke cropping
Type: Manual
Due to lack of sufficient technical knowledge and training on improved rice-fish culture which is expanding every day, many farmers are not getting optimum results in production. World Fish Center, from the start of the ...
Fish for the improved nutrition security of the poor
Type: Brochure
A poster on "Fish for the improved nutrition security of the poor"
Aquaculture helping to improve health and nutrition in Bangladesh
Type: Brief
Bangladesh has made important human development gains in recent years, reflected by reductions in poverty, mortality of children under five, and chronic malnutrition. These gains have been achieved in spite of frequent ...
Protein and micronutrient composition of low value fish products commonly marketed in the Lake Victoria region
Type: Journal Article
Increase in demand of fish from Lake Victoria region has created gaps in local fish supplies and this raises concern since there are reports of limited animal-source food consumption plus protein and micronutrients ...
Fish for human nutrition [in English and Bengali]
Type: Brochure
More than two billion people are estimated to be deficient in essential vitamins and minerals, also called micronutrients. Preschool-aged children and pregnant women are particularly vulnerable, and have high prevalence ...