Making a Difference in Food Security and Nutrition

The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) is the foremost inclusive international and intergovernmental platform for all stakeholders to work together to ensure food security and nutrition for all. The committee act as a platform for global coordination on food security and nutrition, promotes policy convergence, shares lessons, and experiences and reviews global progress towards achieving world food security.

Kenya and its co-hosts Canada and Japan are inviting the world to Nairobi for the first global conference on the sustainable blue economy. The goal of the conference is to have action-oriented discussions regarding a sustainable blue economy that is people-centric with ocean-driven investments.

Climate Smart Value Chain (CSVC) Lift, under the CGIAR Dry Arc Initiative, on "Fostering sustainable rural livelihoods to counter fragility in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) under a changing climate and economy: the role of Public-Private-Farmer Partnership (PPFP) as a possible remedy."

Date: Tuesday, 23 June 2020 

Time: 17:00 - 19:00 (UTC+8)

There will be a Fish Learning Hour knowledge sharing session on 07 March 2019 (Thursday), from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM (GMT +8 hours) at the Auditorium, WorldFish HQ. The presentation will be given by Ms. Jacqueline Lau on ‘Local to global: From access and equity in coral reef communities to a climate change research agenda’. The session will also be streamed live via Skype for Business for audiences participating remotely at the following hyperlink: https://bit.ly/2Tvdfwh

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The 9th Webinar on Aquaculture in Africa with global leaders and sector experts on the central theme of "Aquafeeds in Africa".

Date: Thursday, 22 October 2020

Time: 15:00-17:00 (CAT) / 21:00-23:00 (UTC+8)

This webinar introduced a new rubric to assess opportunities for research partnerships to inform public policies or strengthen institutions for effective policy implementation in small-scale fisheries in Myanmar (national level) and Pacific Islands region and sub-Saharan Africa (regional level) .

Date: Wednesday, 23 September 2020

Time: 10:00 – 11:00 (EDT) / 22:00-23:00 (UTC+8)

WorldFish will be organizing Fish for Africa Innovation Hub Forum; Partners’ and Investors’ Forum on 17 & 18 June 2019​ at Marriott Hotel, Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt.

The Fish For Africa Innovation Hub will position fish at the heart of discourse, policy and practice in order to support national and regional priorities to meet Africa’s food and nutrition security needs, while supporting the continent’s effort to build a sustainable and inclusive blue economy, rich in equal opportunities benefiting both the people and the environment.

An international conference to celebrate the launch of the Ocean Decade and mark the First International Ocean Decade Conference.

The WorldFish-run Africa Aquaculture Research and Training Center (AARTC) offers training courses to investors, farmers, government officials, students, faculty members and other people interested in aquaculture production and business activities.