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Tilapia: The plain truth
Type: Poster
This infographic is an overview of tilapia as a nutritious inexpensive and environmentally friendly food.
Fish and meat are often withheld from the diets of infants 6 to 12 months in fish-farming households in rural Bangladesh
Type: Journal Article
Fish is a widely available animal-source food in Bangladesh and a rich source of nutrients, yet little is known about practices related to incorporating fish into the diets of infants and young children. Our study makes ...
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, roots, tubers and bananas: opportunities and constraints for agri-food system integration
Type: Journal Article
Agri-food system integration has the potential to increase and add value to agricultural production, reduce cost of and dependency on external inputs, generate additional income to farmers, and encourage the diversification ...
Good post-harvest practices for fresh fish trading: Facilitator guide
Type: Training Material
This English language training material is a facilitator guide for peer to peer learning on better management practices for post-harvest handling and trading of fresh fish
Maximizing the contribution of fish to human nutrition
Type: Conference Paper
Hunger and malnutrition are the world's most devastating problems and are inextricably linked to poverty. A total of 842 million people in 2011-13, or around one in eight people in the world, were estimated to be suffering ...
FTT smoker operation and testing protocol guidelines (Burmese version)
Type: Manual
This Myanmar language guide, illustrated with diagrams, describes i) how to operate an FAO-Thiaroye Processing Technique (FTT) improved fish smoker constructed in Kale Township, Sagaing Region of Myanmar, ii) details a ...
Guide for the construction of an FTT smoker in Myanmar (Burmese version)
Type: Manual
This illustrated guide, with diagrams and photographs (in Burmese) describes how to use locally available construction materials in Myanmar to construct an FAO-Thiaroye Processing Technique (FTT) improved fish smokers.
Training manual for partner NGO staff and Local Service Providers (LSPs) (Bangla version)
Type: Manual
The capacity building of the partner staff and local service provider is a major activity of the project. This module was develop to build the capacity of the stakeholders. All the components of the project have been ...
Strengthening the contribution of aquaculture to food and nutrition security: The potential of a vitamin A-rich, small fish in Bangladesh
Type: Journal Article
Since 1961, global per capita fish consumption has nearly doubled. Much of the increase has been due to aquaculture. Bangladesh, the world's eighth largest fish producing country, has been part of this transformation. ...