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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 ...
In the Spotlight: Tasnuva Zaman
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 ...
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 ...
Partnering with Bank Asia to provide loans to small-scale aquatic food producers in Bangladesh
Type: Blog
WorldFish partnered with Bank Asia to increase the financial literacy among aquatic food producers in Northern Bangladesh. This partnership also saw aquatic food producers obtaining easier access to financing through a ...
Unlocking opportunities for climate action toward net zero requires a blue transition
Type: Blog
The blog post tackled the importance of setting up a climate adaptation pathway map for climate-resilient aquatic food systems. It elaborated on how aquatic food systems can lead the way to mitigation if urgent blue climate ...
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. ...
Nutrition-sensitive agri-food systems for resilient and sustainable Asian mega-deltas
Type: Blog
Partners from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Vietnam and the Philippines attended the Asian Mega-Deltas (AMD) Initiative’s research planning and design workshop at WorldFish headquarters in Penang, Malaysia to develop holistic work ...
In the Spotlight: Sajeda Yasmin
Type: Blog
WorldFish researcher Sajeda Yasmin discusses her efforts to make aquaculture more gender-inclusive in Bangladesh.
Leveraging on multi-utility waterbodies to sustainably produce aquatic foods in India
Type: Blog
Ponds are a key component of the rural agricultural landscapes of Odisha and one of the state's bounteous aquatic resources.
The government of Odisha has set a unique example by using adaptive governance strategies to ...
Mainstreaming women’s participation in aquaculture for sustainable livelihoods
Type: Blog
The establishment of women-led fish harvesting groups in Bandarban, through the Feed the Future Bangladesh Aquaculture and Nutrition Activity, has provided affordable fish harvesting services to local fish farmers. This ...