WorldFish Repository: Recent submissions
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Do fish scales matter? Diversification and differentiation in seafood commodity chains
(2016)Type: Journal ArticleRecent studies in the literature on fisheries trade have contrasted the challenges and opportunities associated with domestic and internationally oriented fish trade. We examine forms of domestic and international fish ... -
Boom and bust in Andhra Pradesh: Development and transformation in India's domestic aquaculture value chain
(2016)Type: Journal ArticleIndia is the worlds second largest producer of farmed freshwater fish. The state of Andhra Pradesh (AP) is by far the most important producer of fish in India. Since the late 1970s, fish culture in AP has undergone a boom ... -
What shapes food value chains? Lessons from aquaculture in Asia
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleIn this article, the authors explain what shapes food value chains through the analysis of selected aquaculture industries in four key Asian producing countries. Worldwide production of aquatic resources has grown rapidly ... -
Dietary change in Bangladesh from 1985 to 2010
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleIn many countries, dietary change is tracked using food supply data from the Food and Agriculture Organizations food balance sheets. It is difficult to draw conclusions on individual or sub-national food consumption from ... -
Children and wild foods in the context of deforestation in rural Malawi
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleThere is growing recognition of the contribution of wild foods to local diets, nutrition, and culture. Yet disaggregation of understanding of wild food use by gender and age is limited. We used a mixed methods approach to ... -
Sierra Leone fish value chain with special emphasis on Tonkolili District
(2017)Type: ReportThe USAID-funded Sierra Leone Feed the Future (FtF) Agriculture Project implemented by WorldFish has completed its initial pilot phase (July 2015 to September 2016). During this phase, the project identified and tested ... -
Predicted vitamin D status in mid-pregnancy and child allergic disease
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleVitamin 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 ... -
Making sense of the market: Assessing the participatory market chain approach to aquaculture value chain development in Nepal and Bangladesh
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleThe participatory market chain approach (PMCA) is a methodology for improving the performance of poorly-coordinated value chains. This study uses a mixed methods approach to assess the effectiveness of PMCA for promoting ... -
The Blue revolution in Asia: Upgrading and governance in aquaculture value chains
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleIn this article, the authors examine the upgrading trajectories of selected aquaculture value chains in four Asian countries and the links between upgrading and three factors of value chain governance: coordination mechanisms; ... -
Fish availability and marketing system at local markets of a coastal district, Southern Bangladesh
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleFish biodiversity is important for the future sustainability of aquatic resources in Bangladesh. However, stresses due to overfishing, climate change, habitat loss, eutrophication and pollution pose threats to fish ... -
Measuring nutritional quality of agricultural production systems: Application to fish production
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleReorienting food systems towards improving nutrition outcomes is vital if the global goal of ending all forms of malnutrition is to be achieved. Crucial to transitioning to nutrition-sensitive agriculture is valuing and ... -
Value chain analysis of the aquaculture feed sector in Egypt
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleThis study was carried out to evaluate the value chain performance of the aquaculture feed sector in Egypt, in terms of value addition, employment and profitability. The strengths and weaknesses of each link of the value ... -
Labour, identity and wellbeing in Bangladesh's dried fish value chains
(2017)Type: Book ChapterDried fish products play an important role in the diets of fish consumers and in the livelihoods of actors in fisheries value chains throughout Africa and Asia. In Bangladesh, a large proportion of marine and freshwater ... -
Estimates of average energy requirements in Bangladesh: Adult Male Equivalent values for use in analyzing household consumption and expenditure surveys
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleThis dataset contains Adult Male Equivalent (AME) values for use in Bangladesh. These were constructed using prescriptive nutritional constructs adapted to the actual growth and weight pattern seen in Bangladesh. This ... -
Managing Aquatic Agricultural Systems to Improve Nutrition and Livelihoods in Cambodia
(2017)Type: BriefThe EU and IFAD-funded Managing Aquatic Agricultural Systems to Improve Nutrition and Livelihoods project ("Small Fish for Nutrition" for short) uses an integrated aquaculture/agriculture nutrition linkages approach to ... -
Price setting in markets for Egyptian farmed fish
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleThis article investigates the relation between fish supply volumes and sales values in El-Obour wholesale market. The study also examines market cointegration between farmed tilapia and imported wild frozen fish (tilapia, ... -
Fish and meat are often withheld from the diets of infants 6 to 12 months in fish-farming households in rural Bangladesh
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleFish is a widely available animal-source food in Bangladesh and a rich source of nutrients, yet little is known about practices related to incorporating fish into the diets of infants and young children. Our study makes ... -
Homestead pond polyculture can improve access to nutritious small fish
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleIn Bangladesh, homestead pond aquaculture currently comprises a polyculture of large fish species but provides an ideal environment to integrate a range of small fish species. Small fish consumed whole, with bones, head ... -
Vitamin B-12 status in infancy is positively associated with development and cognitive functioning 5 y later in Nepalese children
(2017)Type: Journal ArticlePoor vitamin B-12 (cobalamin) status is widespread in South Asia. Insufficient vitamin B-12 status has been linked to poor neurodevelopment in young children. The objective of this paper is to measure the associations ... -
Pre-calculated LCI systems with uncertainties cannot be used in comparative LCA
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleLetter to the editor: A recent paper by Qin and Suh (2016) provides an interesting test of the assumption of lognormally distributed life cycle inventory (LCI) results. We appreciate the importance of this work, and ...
