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La revolution des algues: A seaweed revolution for a new future in sustainable food systems
Type: Blog
Seaweed left an indelible mark during the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit and the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly referred to as COP26, as an innovative nature-based solution towards achieving ...
Dried small fish powder provides opportunity for child health in Myanmar
Type: Blog
This blog summarised the experience of Developing dried small fish powder as a complementary food for infants and family foods for young children by engaging a local company in Myanmar.
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. ...
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 ...
The 2021 World Food Prize recognizes that fish are key for reducing hunger and malnutrition
Type: Blog
On May 11, 2021, the World Food Prize Foundation announced that its 2021 laureate is Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, a nutrition scientist who in my view has done more than anyone to draw attention to the essential but ...
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 ...
Improving child nutrition in Bangladesh through cooking demonstrations
Type: Blog
WorldFish organized cooking demonstrations in 15 villages in the Rajshahi and Rangpur districts – home to 34 million people, 24 percent of Bangladesh’s population. The demonstrations, held from January to March, aimed to ...