Browsing Value chains and nutrition by Author "Thilsted, S.H."

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    • Pacific food systems The role of fish and other aquatic foods for nutrition and health 

      O'Meara, L.; Cohen, P.J.; Kafa, R.; Wate, J.; Albert, J.; Bogard, J.; Bonis-Profumo, G.; Burkhart, S.; Delisle, A.; Diffey, S.; Eria, T.; Farmery, A.; Fukofuka, K.; Mangubhai, S.; Mitchell, M.; Na’ati, E.; Nyemah, J.N.; Pickering, T.; Sutcliffe, S.; Swanepoel, L.; Thilsted, S.H.; Lam, F.; Lydia O'Meara: 0000-0002-0670-5322; Philippa Jane Cohen: 0000-0002-9987-1943; Jessica Bogard: 0000-0001-5503-5284; Gianna Bonis-Profumo: 0000-0003-4122-0731; Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted: 0000-0002-4041-1651 (2023)
      Type: Internal Report
      This report is intended for actors, policymakers and funders concerned with improving food and nutrition security with fisheries as an entry point. It is equally valuable for food system, agricultural, health and nutrition ...

    • Recognize fish as food in policy discourse and development funding 

      Bennett, A.; Basurto, X.; Virdin, J.; Lin, X.; Betances, S.J.; Smith, M.D.; Allison, E.; Best, B.A.; Brownell, K.D.; Campbell, L.M.; Golden, C.D.; Havice, E.; Hicks, C.; Jacques, P.J.; Kleisner, K.; Lindquist, N.; Lobo, R.; Murray, G.D.; Nowlin, M.; Patil, P.G.; Rader, D.N.; Roady, S.E.; Thilsted, S.H.; Zoubek, S.; Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted: 0000-0002-4041-1651 (2021)
      Type: Journal Article
      The international development community is off-track from meeting targets for alleviating global malnutrition. Meanwhile, there is growing consensus across scientific disciplines that fish plays a crucial role in food and ...

    • Rights and representation support justice across aquatic food systems 

      Hicks, C.; Gephart, J.; Koehn, Z.; Takeshima, S.; Payne, H.J.; Allison, E.; Belhabib, D.; Cao, L.; Cohen, P.J.; Fanzo, J.; Fluet-Chouinard, E.; Gelcich, S.; Golden, C.D.; Gorospe, K.D.; Isaacs, M.; Kuempel, C.D.; Lee, K.N.; MacNeil, M.A.; Maire, E.; Njuki, J.; Rao, N.; Sumaila, U.; Selig, E.R.; Thilsted, S.H.; Wabnitz, C.C.; Naylor, R.L.; Philippa Jane Cohen: 0000-0002-9987-1943; Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted: 0000-0002-4041-1651 (2022)
      Type: Journal Article
      Injustices are prevalent in food systems, where the accumulation of vast wealth is possible for a few, yet one in ten people remain hungry. Here, for 194 countries we combine aquatic food production, distribution and ...

    • The Role of Aquaculture and Capture Fisheries in Meeting Food and Nutrition Security: Testing a Nutrition-Sensitive Pond Polyculture Intervention in Rural Zambia 

      Kaminski, A.; Little, D.; Middleton, L.; Syapwaya, M.; Lundeba, M.; Johnson, J.; Huchzermeyer, C.; Thilsted, S.H.; Alexander Kaminski: 0000-0001-5148-0460; Mary Lundeba: 0000-0001-8274-0800; Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted: 0000-0002-4041-1651 (2022)
      Type: Journal Article
      This study tested the efficacy of a pond polyculture intervention with farming households in northern Zambia. Longitudinal data on fish consumption and the associated nutrient intake of households (N = 57) were collected ...

    • The Role of Aquatic Foods in Sustainable Healthy Diets 

      Ahern, M.; Thilsted, S.H.; Oenema, S.; Barange, M.; Cartmill, M.K.; Brandstrup, S.C.; Doumeizel, V.; Dyer, N.; Frøyland, L.; Garrido-Gamarro, E.; Kühnhold, H.; Mohammed, E.; Penarubia, O.; Potin, P.; Sharan, S.; Utheim, A.; Uyar, B.; Vannuccini, S.; Ward, A.; Zhou, X.; Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted: 0000-0002-4041-1651
      Type: Working Paper
      Diverse aquatic foods – including animals, plants and microorganisms farmed in and harvested from water, as well as cell and plant-based foods emerging from new food technologies – have an essential role in ensuring food ...

    • Selection of small indigenous fish for breeding trials in the states of Assam and Odisha in India 

      Rajts, F.; Belton, B.; Thilsted, S.H.; Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted: 0000-0002-4041-1651 (2022)
      Type: Report
      Farming SIS has great potential to increase their availability in the market and make them more accessible to consumers but scaling up production of cultured SIS will require the development of new captive breeding techniques. ...

    • Spatial and temporal patterns of consumption of animal-source foods in Tanzania 

      Wang, P.; Tran, N.; Enahoro, D.; Chan, C.; Shikuku, K.M.; Rich, K.; Byrd, K.A.; Thilsted, S.H.; Nhuong Tran: 0000-0002-1813-4571; Dolapo Enahoro: 0000-0002-4927-5617; Chin Yee Chan: 0000-0001-8615-2678; Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku: 0000-0003-2290-074X; Kendra A Byrd: 0000-0003-4528-752X; Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted: 0000-0002-4041-1651 (2021)
      Type: Journal Article
      Animal-source foods (ASF) are an important source of nutrients in many developing countries. However, there is limited information on the demand for ASF and the factors influencing their consumption. This study assessed ...

    • The effect of daily consumption of the small fish Amblypharyngodon mola or added vitamin A on iron status: a randomised controlled trial among Bangladeshi children with marginal vitamin A status 

      Andersen, A.B.; Schmidt, L.K.H.; Faurholt-Jepsen, D.; Roos, N.; Friis, H.; Kongsbak, K.; Wahed, M.A.; Thilsted, S.H. (2016)
      Type: Journal Article
      Amblypharyngodon mola (mola) is a nutrient-rich, small fish found in ponds and rice fields in Bangladesh. The aim of the present intervention was to assess the effect of mola consumption on iron status in children with ...

    • The potential of nutrient-rich small fish species in aquaculture to improve human nutrition and health 

      Thilsted, S.H. (2012)
      Type: Conference Paper
      Small fish are a common food and an integral part of the everyday carbohydraterich diets of many population groups in poor countries. These populations also suffer from undernutrition, including micronutrient deficiencies ...

    • The Role of Fish in the First 1,000 Days in Zambia 

      Longley, C.; Thilsted, S.H.; Beveridge, M.; Cole, S.; Nyirenda, D.B.; Heck, S.; Hother, A.L.; Steven Cole: 0000-0002-8947-0871 (2014)
      Type: Journal Article
      Fish is especially rich in essential omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and micronutrients, including bioavailable calcium, iron and zinc. Fish features prominently in the diet of most, especially poor, Zambians. ...

    • The role of small indigenous fish species in food and nutrition security in Bangladesh 

      Thilsted, S.H.; Roos, N.; Hassan, N. (1997)
      Type: Journal Article
      In Bangladesh, only 6% of the daily food intake is animal food of which fish accounts for 50%. Rice is the mainstay, making up 60% of the daily food intake. However, many nutrients such as vitamins A and C, iron, calcium, ...

    • The Vital Roles of Blue Foods in the Global Food System 

      Leape, J.; Micheli, F.; Tigchelaar, M.; Allison, E.; Basurto, X.; Bennett, A.; Bush, S.R.; Cao, L.; Crona, B.; DeClerck, F.; Fanzo, J.; Gelcich, S.; Gephart, J.; Golden, C.D.; Hicks, C.; Kishore, A.; Koehn, Z.; Little, D.; Naylor, R.L.; Selig, E.R.; Short, R.; Sumaila, U.; Thilsted, S.H.; Troell, M.; Wabnitz, C.C.; Fabrice DeClerck: 0000-0002-3631-8745; Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted: 0000-0002-4041-1651 (2021)
      Type: Brief
      Blue foods – fish, invertebrates, algae and aquatic plants captured or cultured in freshwater and marine ecosystems – play a central role in food and nutrition security for billions of people and are a cornerstone of the ...

    • The vital roles of blue foods in the global food system 

      Tigchelaar, M.; Leape, J.; Micheli, F.; Allison, E.; Basurto, X.; Bennett, A.; Bush, S.R.; Cao, L.; Cheung, W.W.; Crona, B.; DeClerck, F.; Fanzo, J.; Gelcich, S.; Gephart, J.; Golden, C.D.; Halpern, B.S.; Hicks, C.; Jonell, M.; Kishore, A.; Koehn, Z.; Little, D.; Naylor, R.L.; Phillips, M.J.; Selig, E.R.; Short, R.; Sumaila, U.; Thilsted, S.H.; Troell, M.; Wabnitz, C.C.; Fabrice DeClerck: 0000-0002-3631-8745; Michael John Phillips: 0000-0002-0282-0286; Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted: 0000-0002-4041-1651 (2022)
      Type: Journal Article
      Blue foods play a central role in food and nutrition security for billions of people and are a cornerstone of the livelihoods, economies, and cultures of many coastal and riparian communities. Blue foods are extraordinarily ...