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.

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

Santona Rani cleaning mola fish in preparation for cooking. Photo by Foto Agencies.

Transforming the agricultural research agenda with aquatic foods

Posted by - 5 minutes read
August 04, 2021

Smoking rohu fish using the FTT. Photo by Yu Muang.

Improved fish smoker delivers safe, nutritious food in Myanmar

Posted by Don Griffiths - 3 minutes read
July 29, 2021

innovation, Technology, Small-scale fisheries, Myanmar

Anouk Ride together with the Provincial Fisheries Office staff and cultural dance performers at the opening of a community-based resource management plan review workshop in Adadaitolo, North Malaita. Photo by Anouk Ride.

In the Spotlight: Anouk Ride

Posted by - 7 minutes read
July 28, 2021

climate, Resilience, Sustainability

A woman in her integrate aquaculture-agriculture homestead pond system in Bangladesh. Photo by M. Yousuf Tushar.

Diversifying aquaculture systems to nourish nations

Posted by - 2 minutes read
July 28, 2021

Nutrition, Health, Aquaculture, polyculture

A group of women working together to cultivate fish and vegetables in a community-based fisheries management in Bangladesh. Photo by CBFM-Fem Com Bangladesh.

Morals and climate decision-making: insights from social and behavioral sciences

Posted by - 5 minutes read
July 28, 2021

climate, Research, Resilience, Equity

Fishing in the floodplains of Bangladesh. Photo by WorldFish.

Climate-smart innovations provide a window of opportunity to transform aquatic food systems

Posted by Peerzadi Rumana Hossain - 8 minutes read
July 27, 2021

climate, Sustainability, Bangladesh, Technology

A fish farmer poses with his genetically-improved tilapia in Odisha, India. Photo by Arabinda Mahapatra.

Scientific breakthrough shows promise for disease-resistant tilapia

Posted by - 3 minutes read
July 22, 2021

Diseases, innovation, Aquaculture, GIFT

A woman processor holds dried fish in a solar tent dryer in Senanga District, Zambia. Photo by Olek Kaminski.

Five actions to strengthen the contribution of fish to food systems in Zambia

Posted by Victor Siamudaala - 4 minutes read
July 21, 2021

Small-scale fisheries, Sustainability, Development, Zambia