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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 ...
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 ...
COVID-19 impact on aquatic food systems reveals insights for future resilience
Type: Blog
The onset of COVID-19 disrupted food value chains and reversed years of progress on key development indicators. The pandemic induced shocks to food systems globally, but particularly impacted value chains in food insecure ...
Five actions to strengthen the contribution of fish to food systems in Zambia
Type: Blog
A review of the actions needed to enhance the contributions of fish and aquatic foods to Zambia’s sustainable development ahead of the UN Food Systems Summit.
A Community Health Worker Becomes a FishFirst! Zambia Champion and Local Catalyst for Change
Type: Blog
In 2022, the FishFirst! Zambia team returned to Lake Kariba to implement the second phase of their research, which focused on providing nutrition training, conducting cooking demonstrations and implementing sensory panels ...
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 ...
In the Spotlight: Bernadette Fregene
Type: Blog
Bernadette Fregene is WorldFish’s aquaculture compact leader and a professor of aquaculture and fisheries extension, economics, and marketing at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. Fregene facilitates the delivery of new ...
Tackling malnutrition in children through the inclusion of dried small fish powder in their diets
Type: Blog
Assam continues to grapple with high food insecurity and malnutrition levels, especially among young children and pregnant-lactating women despite its vast resources.
Increasing the accessibility, availability and ...
Interns shape the future of aquaculture in Zambia
Type: Blog
Aquaculture internship programs help youth to gain experience and fill in industry gaps for win-win benefits. This is an initiative of WorldFish in partnership with Musika. This work was undertaken as part of the CGIAR ...