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Meeting the food and nutrition needs of the poor: the role of fish and the opportunities and challenges emerging from the rise of aquaculture
Type: Journal Article
People who are food and nutrition insecure largely reside in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa and for many, fish represents a rich source of protein, micronutrients and essential fatty acids. The contribution of fish to household ...
Improved management, increased culture and consumption of small fish species can improve diets of the rural poor
Type: Book Chapter
In many low-income countries with water resources, small fish species are important for the livelihoods, nutrition and income of the rural poor. The small size of fish favours frequent consumption by and nutrition of the ...
Predicted vitamin D status in mid-pregnancy and child allergic disease
Type: Journal Article
Vitamin D deficiency in pregnancy may be a risk factor for child allergic disease. However, less is known about disease risk across different levels of vitamin D. This paper aimed to examine the relation between a maternal ...
The seafood gap in the food-water nexus literature--issues surrounding freshwater use in seafood production chains
Type: Journal Article
Freshwater use for food production is projected to increase substantially in the coming decades with population growth, changing demographics, and shifting diets. Ensuring joint food-water security has prompted efforts to ...
Protein and micronutrient composition of low value fish products commonly marketed in the Lake Victoria region
Type: Journal Article
Increase in demand of fish from Lake Victoria region has created gaps in local fish supplies and this raises concern since there are reports of limited animal-source food consumption plus protein and micronutrients ...
Value chain analysis of Lake Nasser fisheries in Aswan, Upper Egypt
Type: Report
This report documents the outputs of the Aswan fisheries value chain study that took place in January and February 2015. This value chain analysis forms part of the Youth Employment in Aswan Governorate (YEAG) project ...
Assessment of the carp seeds value chain in Southern Bangladesh
Type: Report
The Aquaculture for Income and Nutrition (AIN) project implemented by World Fish and funded by USAID, aims at increasing aquaculture production in 20 districts of Southern Bangladesh (Greater Khulna, Greater Barisal, Greater ...
Managing Aquatic Agricultural Systems to improve nutrition and livelihoods in rural Myanmar (MYNutrition) [Burmese version]
Type: Brief
The Managing Aquatic Agricultural Systems to Improve Nutrition and Livelihoods in Rural Myanmar (MYNutrition) project intends to adapt and scale up the successful innovative integrated aquaculture and fisheries/agricultu ...
Fish diversity and fish consumption in Bangladesh
Type: Book Chapter
Bangladesh prides itself on being very rich in fish diversity. Its numeroud and diverse inland waterbodies and paddy fields are home to over 267 freshwater fish species. Biodiversity of fish species is important for nutrition ...
Food and nutrition security in the Barotse floodplain system
Type: Report
The CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) is being implemented in ten communities in the Barotse floodplain of Zambia's Western Province. With a focus on the rural poor and vulnerable, the AAS program ...