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Locally-procured Fish is Essential in School Feeding Programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa
Type: Journal Article
Fish make an important contribution to micronutrient intake, long-chained polyunsaturated omega-3 fatty acids (n-3 LC-PUFAS), and animal protein, as well as ensuring food and nutrition security and livelihoods for fishing ...
Fish nutrient composition: a review of global data from poorly assessed inland and marine species
Type: Journal Article
Objective: Our understanding of the nutrient contribution of fish and other aquatic species to human diets relies on nutrient composition data for a limited number of species. Yet particularly for nutritionally vulnerable ...
The Vital Roles of Blue Foods in the Global Food System
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 ...
Aquatic foods in food-based dietary guidelines around the world
Type: Internal Report
Aquatic foods are an indispensable source of multiple micronutrients and omega-3 fatty acids that are important for growth, cognitive development and cardiovascular health. Globally, these foods provide 3.3 billion people ...
Aquatic foods to nourish nations
Type: Journal Article
Despite contributing to healthy diets for billions of people, aquatic foods are often undervalued as a nutritional solution because their diversity is often reduced to the protein and energy value of a single food type ...
Advancing research and development outcomes with fish in regional food systems
Type: Brief
Food systems encompass actors and interactions from production to consumption and disposal of food as well as social, economic and environmental outcomes. Food systems frameworks provide a holistic approach for research ...
Recognize fish as food in policy discourse and development funding
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 ...