In Bangladesh, the aquaculture production has grown rapidly with the production of fish from aquaculture in 2017-2018 being 24.5 lakh MT, accounting for 56% of total fish production. Within the aquaculture sector, the production of tilapia has grown rapidly from 15,000 MT in 2006-2007 to, 3.85 lakh MT in 2017-2018. It has been projected that in 2030, the total aquaculture production of the country could potentially reach to 80 lakh MT with the production of tilapia being 10 lakh MT.

Background

Through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the world has committed to ending all forms of malnutrition. Reorienting food systems across all actors and levels, towards improving nutrition outcomes (nutrition-sensitive food systems) is central to achieving this goal, as was recognized in the second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) Framework for Action and further strengthened by the declaration of the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition 2016-2025.

A special webinar led by Illuminating Hidden Harvest (IHH) Team from WorldFish, FAO and Duke University on the road to the Virtual Dialogues on the Road to the 34th Committee on Fisheries (COFI34).

Date: Friday, 17 July 2020 

Time: 19:00 - 20:30 (UTC+8) 

High-level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy

The 2nd Expert Group Meeting which will take place in Abu Dhabi is a unique group of world leaders committed to developing, catalyzing and supporting solutions for ocean health and wealth in policy, governance, technology and finance.

WorldFish Honorary Fellow Eddie Allison has been invited to join the 2nd Expert Group Meeting of the High-level Panel.

Elsevier's 4th International Conference on Global Food Security is an interactive conference aimed at reconciling the competing environmental, economic or social objectives and outcomes towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals at different levels across spatial and temporal scales.

Date: Monday-Wednesday, 7-9 December 2020

Time: 12:00 PM -18:00 PM CET

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This virtual meeting explored the role of the fisheries and aquaculture sector against malnutrition and hunger in Africa.

Date: Wednesday, 9 September 2020
Time: 11:00-12:00 (CET) / 17:00-18:00 (UTC+8)

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Horizon Aquaculture with support from the Aquaculture Technical Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training Project (AQ TEVET) - led by WorldFish and in partnership with Musika and other partners - will be launching fourth outlet in Kasama, Zambia.

An online summit to discuss scaling up innovations to enhance growth, efficiency, productivity and sustainability of food systems and value chains in Africa.

Date: Thursday, 28 January 2021

Time: 19:00-23:00 (UTC+8)

The half-day summit brought together experts from business and investment, government, academia and multilateral institutions to discuss the future of sustainable and productive food systems in Africa.

A virtual forum exploring leading innovations in the wider food systems agenda. 

Date: Tuesday, 2 March 2021

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In this event hosted by USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service and Purdue University’s Office of International Programs in Agriculture, multi-disciplinary experts came together to discuss innovative solutions for growth and investment opportunities in agriculture food systems.

The current food system is responsible for producing one-fifth of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, losing approximately one-third of edible food in production, inabilities access to healthy and fresh food sources and are causing one-third of the world's land degradation. Furthermore, an estimate of two billion people worldwide suffers from hidden hunger or micronutrient deficiencies that are often caused by not eating a diverse diet including animal source food like fish and meat.