Discover our latest success stories, stories from the field, blogs, and opinion pieces contributed by our thought leaders and global experts. Through evidence-based storytelling, we examine and report on WorldFish work towards transforming aquatic food systems for healthy people and the planet.

Diving deep into the diversity of fish and other aquatic foods offers an unmatched potential to transform food systems for healthier people and a sustainable planet.

Harnessing aquatic foods for sustainable healthy diets

Posted by John Beddington, Naoko Yamamoto - 6 minutes read
December 17, 2021

Nutrition, aquatic food systems, Sustainability

Surendran Rajaratnam shares how through his work as a post-doctoral fellow specializing in gender studies at WorldFish, women in aquatic food systems are further empowered.

In the Spotlight: Surendran Rajaratnam

Posted by Sean Lee Kuan Shern - 5 minutes read
December 16, 2021

Gender, Aquaculture, women

A family fishes in Chandpur, Bangladesh. Photo by Finn Thilsted.

Illuminating Hidden Harvests to shine a light on small-scale fisheries

Posted by Kate McMahon - 4 minutes read
December 17, 2021

Small-scale fisheries, Sustainable Development, Research, Gender

Fish trader in Lusaka, Zambia. Photo by Stevie Mann.

Mitigating the impacts of COVID-19 on Africa’s women fish processors and traders

Posted by Kate McMahon - 6 minutes read
December 01, 2021

Gender, Food security, Fisheries, Aquaculture

Faridul Haque (right) is seen conducting focus group discussions in a village at Bogura, Bangladesh. Photo by Mst. Zohura Khatun (Meera), Program Officer, WorldFish.

In the Spotlight: Faridul Haque

Posted by Aniss Khalida Mohd Khalid - 10 minutes read
November 30, 2021

aquatic food systems, Aquaculture, Supply Chains, Food security

Inclusion of aquatic foods in national nutrition policies helps tackle malnutrition. Photo by M. Yousuf Tushar.

Shifting the narrative from feeding people to nourishing populations

Posted by Sean Lee Kuan Shern - 5 minutes read
November 26, 2021

Nutrition

Nigerian youth entrepreneur poses with her farmed tilapia. Photo by Olaniyi Ajibola.

Diving into Nigeria’s fish future

Posted by Kate McMahon - 7 minutes read
November 26, 2021

Aquaculture, Nutrition, Food security, Livelihoods

Deputy Director Md. Toafazuddin Ahamed represented Rajshahi’s Department of Fisheries at the workshop. Photo by Harun Or Rashid/WorldFish

WorldFish key partner in revision of Bangladesh’s National Fisheries Policy (1998)

Posted by Maherin Ahmed - 3 minutes read
November 25, 2021

Aquaculture, Small-scale fisheries, Sustainability, Livelihoods

fishers

WorldFish champions resilient aquatic food systems at COP26

Posted by Kate McMahon - 4 minutes read
November 24, 2021

Research, climate, Climate change, Food security

Ililai and Binagua fishermen inspecting the Ililai FAD. Photo by Agustinha Duarte, WorldFish

Existing climate strategies ignore fisheries at our peril

Posted by Essam Yassin Mohammed - 4 minutes read
November 22, 2021

Climate Action, Climate change

Dr. Akintola hopes to use the findings from the IHH study to design future studies in nutrition, food security and livelihood sustainability.

Illuminating Hidden Harvests country case study author: Shehu Latunji Akintola

Posted by WorldFish - 4 minutes read
November 18, 2021

Resilient Small-scale fisheries, Small-scale fisheries, Livelihoods

Fisher Margarida da Costa prepares her fish to be sold in the nation’s capital, Dili. Photo by Kate Bevitt.

Participatory approaches key to unlocking the benefits of aquatic foods

Posted by Kate McMahon - 5 minutes read
November 18, 2021

Livelihoods, Small-scale fisheries, Research

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Why ocean conservation matters

Posted by WorldFish - 4 minutes read
November 06, 2021

The week-long Borlaug Dialogue has come to an end after a host of main and side events hosted by WorldFish and partners gathered researchers and practitioners to build on Shakuntala Thilsted’s research in nutrition-sensitive approaches to aquatic food systems.

Wrapping up the Borlaug Dialogue

Posted by Kate McMahon - 3 minutes read
November 09, 2021

Food security, Nutrition

A fish farmer from Rangpur receiving weather forecast from Bangladesh Meteorological Department’s toll-free hot line number. Photo by Harun Or Rashid

Managing climate variability with smart and innovative climate information services

Posted by Peerzadi Rumana Hossain - 5 minutes read
November 08, 2021

aquatic food systems, Aquaculture, Climate change, innovation

Fisherman and son fishing in the Twante Canal, Myanmar. Photo by Michael Akester.

Improving fish supply chains for food and livelihood security in Southeast Asia

Posted by Syed Aman Ali - 4 minutes read
November 05, 2021

Small-scale fisheries, Aquaculture, Sustainability, Supply Chains

Women play a critical role in aquatic food supply chains, though they typically perform informal postharvest activities like fish processing and trade, so their contributions are persistently undervalued. Photo by Kate Bevitt.

Does gender determine how one experiences climate change?

Posted by Jacqueline Lau - 4 minutes read
November 05, 2021

Gender, Climate change, Fisheries, Resilience

Fishers on Kainji Lake, NW Nigeria, carefully handle their spiky-finned ‘squeaker’ fish (Synodontis sp.), Nigeria. Photo by David Mills.

Integrating digital learning tools for long distance team training during the covid-19 crisis

Posted by - 7 minutes read
November 04, 2021

WorldFish scientist Shakuntala Thilsted receives World Food Prize for her influential research on nutrition, fish and aquatic food systems. Photo by World Food Prize Foundation.

World awakens to unmatched potential of aquatic foods to improve nutrition

Posted by Sean Lee Kuan Shern - 8 minutes read
November 01, 2021

aquatic foods, Nutrition, World Food Prize

Rahma Adam shares how gender equality and women’s empowerment in aquatic food systems result in better food security and nutrition through her work in gender strategic research and mainstreaming at WorldFish as a social inclusion and market scientist. Photo by Kipenz Films/CIMMYT.

In the Spotlight: Rahma Adam

Posted by Sean Lee Kuan Shern - 5 minutes read
October 29, 2021

Gender, gender equality, Women's empowerment

Dr Shakuntala Thilsted is the first woman of Asian descent to win an award dubbed the Nobel prize of food

Why fish and aquatic foods are the answer to global hunger

Posted by - 4 minutes read
October 28, 2021

World Food Prize, Nutrition, aquatic food systems