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Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Aquaculture Compact. Project brief January 2019 to December 2019
Type: Brief
Project summary for Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Aquaculture Compact covering the period January 2019 to December 2019.
CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-Food Systems: A synthesis
Type: Brief
The fish agri-food system connects supplies of fish and other aquatic foods through multiple pathways and scales to diverse consumers across the planet and is a key component of the global agri-food systems. Fish and other ...
Aquaculture: increasing income, diversifying diets, and empowering women in Bangladesh and Nigeria (IDEA). Project brief November 2018 to December 2019
Type: Brief
This aquaculture investment targets Bangladesh and Nigeria, two countries where the growth of aquaculture provides significant opportunities to enhance the income of smallholder families, the diets and nutrition of vulnerable ...
Fish breeding and genetics for improved productivity, profitability and sustainability of small-scale farms
Type: Brief
Faster growing tilapia strains demonstrate continued increase in growth rate in genetic improvement programs and superior profitability for farmers in Africa and South Asia, with reduced environmental impact.
New genetic ...
Annual Plan of Work and Budget (POWB) for 2020 CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-Food Systems (FISH)
Type: Internal Report
This document provides the 2020 Plan of Work and Budget (POWB) for the CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-Food Systems (FISH).
Fish consumption patterns and diets of rural and urban Nigerians
Type: Working Paper
Nigeria is a country highly reliant on marine and inland fish for economic activity and food and nutrition security (Kolding, Van Zwieten, Marttin, & Poulain, 2019; Selig et al., 2018), while aquaculture is a growing sector. ...
Fish Quarterly Newsletter Jan-Mar 2020
Type: Newsletter
This is a newsletter capturing the communications highlights of FISH for the first quarter of 2020.
COVID-19 impacts on women fish processors and traders in sub-Saharan Africa: 10 recommendations for building forward better
Type: Brief
Women participate in all parts of fish food systems but are most visible in post-harvest processing and trade of fish. More than 90 percent of women in the African fisheries and aquaculture sector earn their livelihoods ...
Cost, competition and employment along farmed fish value chains in Nigeria
Type: Brief
In this brief we summarize our findings from a value chain survey of relevant stakeholders in Nigeria to better understand the aquaculture industries’ post-production cost composition, market competition environment, and ...
Demand for imported versus domestic fish in Nigeria
Type: Journal Article
Fish is among the most important animal-sourced foods in Africa and is crucial in combating malnutrition. Fish demand in Africa has far outpaced supply as the import share rose from 16% in 1970 to 39% by 2017. Little is ...