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Fishing and aquaculture: underestimated as a source of income and food
Type: Blog
Finding ways to feed a future population of 10 billion people a healthy diet within planetary boundaries has become an urgent global priority. Doing so will require radical transformation of food systems. The Food Systems ...
“Essential non-essentials”: COVID-19 policy missteps in Nigeria rooted in persistent myths about African food supply chains
Type: Journal Article
Food supply chains are extremely important for food access and livelihoods across Africa, but their role is
often overlooked and underappreciated. Under normal conditions, the gap between myth and reality can result in the ...
Emerging COVID-19 impacts, responses, and lessons for building resilience in the seafood system
Type: Journal Article
The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns are creating health and economic crises that threaten food and nutrition security. The seafood sector provides important sources of nutrition and employment, especially in ...
Induced breeding of small indigenous fish species (SIS): An overview of some trial options
Type: Poster
Flowchart summarizing possible options for induced breeding trials for small indigenous fish species.
Aquatic food systems under COVID-19
Type: Brief
The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic on 11 March 2020 (WHO,
2020a). This declaration prompted emergency measures across the globe to contain the spread
of the disease. Taken as a whole, the ...
Dietary inadequacy in Tanzania is linked to the rising cost of nutritious foods and consumption of food-away-from-home
Type: Journal Article
This study contributes to the growing literature on dietary quality and accessibility in the Global South. We analyze the nutrition implications of changing dietary patterns between 2008 and 2019 in one of Africa's largest ...
Small fish consumption in rural Myanmar
Type: Journal Article
Assessments of fish consumption are based primarily on data from household surveys that do not capture information on the intra-household distribution of the size or species of fish consumed. Such studies can yield partial ...
Consumption practices in transition: Rural-urban migration and the food fish system in Myanmar
Type: Journal Article
This article explores the reconfigurations of fish consumption practices in Myanmar in a context of rapid urbanization and changing availability of wild and farmed fish. Using a social practice lens, we analyze how everyday ...
Current state of knowledge on induced breeding of nutrient-rich small indigenous fish species
Type: Internal Report
This report aims to assess the current understanding of induced breeding techniques for specific
nutrient-dense SIS while also identifying crucial gaps in knowledge to address. The species selected for
evaluation were ...
GIZ | Taking nutrition-sensitive carp-SIS polyculture technology to scale. Annual progress report: January 2022 to December 2022
Type: Donor Report
The project made excellent progress in 2022 in components 1 and 2. For Component 1 (Assess
factors influencing the adoption of carp-SIS polyculture technology under by previous projects); a
Bangladeshi PhD Student (Nusrat ...