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Cookbook celebrates aquatic foods for life and livelihoods in Timor-Leste
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.
Inland fisheries critical for nourishing young children in sub-Saharan Africa, study reveals
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.
In the Spotlight: Rahma Adam
Type: Blog
WorldFish researcher Rahma Adam explains how her work can lead to policies that can change existing formal and informal structures. Policies that are more sensitive and attentive to the needs of women and marginalized ...
WorldFish key partner in revision of Bangladesh’s National Fisheries Policy (1998)
Type: Blog
A Divisional Stakeholder Consultation Workshop was co-hosted by WorldFish and Bangladesh’s Department of Fisheries (DoF) recently in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, to look at measures to transform the country’s fisheries and ...
Bangladeshi actress Jannatul Peya champions women in aquatic food systems
Type: Blog
WorldFish's initiative to increase women's empowerment through small fish production in Bangladesh's northern provinces of Rangpur and Rajshahi was featured on Colours FM 101.6 radio show Women in Aquaculture and Nutrition. ...
In the Spotlight: Sajeda Yasmin
Type: Blog
WorldFish researcher Sajeda Yasmin discusses her efforts to make aquaculture more gender-inclusive in Bangladesh.
Five actions to strengthen the contribution of fish to food systems in Zambia
Type: Blog
A review of the actions needed to enhance the contributions of fish and aquatic foods to Zambia’s sustainable development ahead of the UN Food Systems Summit.
A Community Health Worker Becomes a FishFirst! Zambia Champion and Local Catalyst for Change
Type: Blog
In 2022, the FishFirst! Zambia team returned to Lake Kariba to implement the second phase of their research, which focused on providing nutrition training, conducting cooking demonstrations and implementing sensory panels ...
Pond Polyculture: Disrupting gender and cultural norms in Luwingu, Northern Province, Zambia
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 ...
Nazmina Begum: an Aqua Entrepreneur, an Inspiration
Type: Blog
Nazmina Begum is one of the nine women in the North-western part of Bangladesh who was awarded as the "Best Aquaculture Farmers" in 2022 under the category of emerging fish farmer.