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.

small-scale fisheries

More affordable aquatic foods could prevent 166 million micronutrient deficiencies worldwide, finds new paper

Posted by WorldFish - 3 minutes read
September 16, 2021

Food security, Research, Nutrition

A fisherman casts his net in the Republic of Kiribati. Photo by Quentin Hanich

Climate change major threat to food and income security in fish-dependent countries, study finds

Posted by WorldFish - 4 minutes read
September 15, 2021

Sustainability, Research, climate, Resilience

Dr. Shakuntala Thilsted

WorldFish's Shakuntala Thilsted honored with Arrell Global Food Innovation Award

Posted by WorldFish - 5 minutes read
September 15, 2021

Small-Scale Fisheries, Aquaculture

Aquatic foods are the cornerstone of the diets, livelihoods, economies and cultures of many communities around the world. Photo by Wade Fairley.

UNFSS solution cluster puts aquatic foods at the center of food systems

Posted by WorldFish - 2 minutes read
September 14, 2021

Small-Scale Fisheries, Aquaculture

Fisherwomen hold a catfish harvested from their pond in Cameroon. Photo by Randall Brummett.

Free webinar series fuels Africa’s aquaculture sector

Posted by Kate McMahon - 5 minutes read
September 10, 2021

Aquaculture

Aquatic food systems provide decent employment opportunities for youth. Photo by Edward H. Allison

Breaking barriers to youth engagement in aquatic food systems

Posted by Sean Lee Kuan Shern - 6 minutes read
September 09, 2021

Small-Scale Fisheries, Aquaculture

Cooking a traditional fish dinner in Bangladesh. Photo by CBFM-Fem Com Bangladesh.

Linking aquatic foods with food and nutrition in policy

Posted by Kate McMahon - 4 minutes read
September 07, 2021

Aquaculture

Sajeda Yasmin

In the Spotlight: Sajeda Yasmin

Posted by Kate McMahon - 5 minutes read
August 30, 2021

Aquaculture

Youth prepare nutritious biscuits using FedWell’s dried small fish powder. Photo by Thomas Tha Thaw.

Fish-based products empower youth to nourish Myanmar

Posted by Kate McMahon - 4 minutes read
August 27, 2021

Small-Scale Fisheries

Shakuntala Thilsted presenting her speech on aquatic foods for health, wealth and ecological recovery at the UN Food Systems Pre-Summit event. Photo by Cristiano Minichiello/UN Photo.

WorldFish at the UN Food Systems Pre-Summit

Posted by Aniss Khalida Mohd Khalid - 5 minutes read
August 23, 2021

Aquaculture

distributing tilapia

Locally-farmed tilapia distributed to flood victims in Dili, Timor-Leste

Posted by Kate Melinda Bevitt - 5 minutes read
August 23, 2021

Aquaculture

Tilapia fingerlings being brought at the NARDC aquaculture ponds in Kitwe, Zambia. Photo by Doina Huso.

Reeling in economic opportunities for Africa’s youth

Posted by Indika Arulingam - 4 minutes read

Aquaculture

having aquatic food

Governments increasingly prioritize aquatic foods to nourish nations, study finds

Posted by Matthew O'Leary - 4 minutes read
August 18, 2021

Aquaculture

A Bangladeshi farmer poses with the climbing perch fish harvested from his aquaculture pond. The Gates Foundation is in the process of investing in the country’s smallholder aquaculture sector. Photo by Balaram Mahalder.

Learning Lunches boost collaboration between WorldFish and Gates Foundation

Posted by Kate McMahon - 5 minutes read
August 13, 2021

Small-Scale Fisheries, Aquaculture, Capacity Strengthening

Daw Khin Soe Win, the Group Leader of Early Childhood Care and Development, speaks on the nutritional benefits of small fish.

Nutritional campaign targets ethnic minority youth in Myanmar

Posted by Kyaw Moe Oo - 3 minutes read
August 12, 2021

Aquaculture, Capacity Strengthening

Joctan Lopes (second right) demonstrating a fisheries mobile application to youth data collectors hired by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries of Timor-Leste. Photo supplied by Joctan Lopes

Digital innovations spark bright futures in aquatic food systems for youth

Posted by - 7 minutes read
August 12, 2021

Small-Scale Fisheries, Aquaculture, Capacity Strengthening

Komola Roy carrying drinking water in Fultola Village, Khulna, Bangladesh

WorldFish makes research contributions to UN youth report 

Posted by Kate McMahon - 3 minutes read
August 11, 2021

Capacity Strengthening

A Bangladeshi mother feeding her children nutrient-rich small fish and leafy vegetables. Photo by Finn Thilsted.

Fish nutrient data platform tools up the fight against malnutrition

Posted by Kate McMahon - 5 minutes read
August 10, 2021

Research, innovation, Nutrition, Technology

Intern Francis Banda speaks to the Zambia Bureau of Standards about farm certification.

Interns shape the future of aquaculture in Zambia

Posted by Lizzy Muzungaire , Victor Siamudaala - 5 minutes read
August 09, 2021

Youth, Aquaculture, Food security, Development

Komola Roy tends to her vegetable garden in Khulna, Bangladesh. Photo by M. Yousuf Tushar.

Aquatic foods science and innovation highlighted at Food System Summit

Posted by Kate McMahon - 5 minutes read
August 09, 2021

UNFSS, Small-scale fisheries, Aquaculture

Small quantities of fish on sale, few customers present, and little PPE being worn at retail market in Muktagacha town, Mymensingh (August 8, 2020) - Photo: M. Mahfujul Haque.

Impacts of COVID-19 in Bangladesh on aquaculture value chains and recommended coping strategies

Posted by WorldFish - 6 minutes read
July 28, 2021