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      Systems-thinking approach to identify and assess feasibility of potential interventions to reduce antibiotic use in tilapia farming in Egypt

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      Preliminary lessons from COVID-19 disruptions of small-scale fishery supply chains

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    Protecting and enforcing inshore exclusive zones for small-scale fisheries. Photo by Movilizatorio, WorldFish.

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      Mainstreaming women’s participation in aquaculture for susta…

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LATEST PROJECTS

May 2022 - Jan 2023

Protecting and enforcing inshore exclusive zones for small-scale fisheries: Leveraging…

"Small-scale fisheries (SSF), also known as artisanal fisheries, play an important role in many coastal communities around the world…

Jul 2022 - Jun 2027

Development And Scaling of Sustainable Feeds for Resilient Aquatic Food Systems in Sub-Saharan…

WorldFish is managing the project titled “Development and Scaling of Sustainable Feeds for Resilient Aquatic Food Systems in Sub-Sah…

Bangladesh

Apr 2020 - Sep 2022

Harnessing Machine Learning to Estimate Aquaculture Production and Value Chain Performance in…

The Harnessing Machine Learning project is funded by the USAID-funded Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish. There are three main…

Enhanced Coastal Fisheries in Bangladesh - EcoFish Phase II

Dec 2019 - Dec 2020

Enhanced Coastal Fisheries in Bangladesh - EcoFish Phase II

ECOFISH supported coastal fishing communities and other fisheries' value chain stakeholders to improve the resilience of the Meghna…

Myanmar, Zambia

Feb 2022 - Aug 2023

Nutrient-rich small fish production, processing and marketing in Myanmar and Zambia (SPM)

The development and marketing of food products enhanced with dried small fish offers a novel solution to address major nutritional p…

carp polyculture

India, Bangladesh

Mar 2021 - Feb 2024

Taking nutrition-sensitive carp-SIS polyculture technology to scale

Fish is an irreplaceable source of micronutrients in diets in many developing countries, where large numbers of vulnerable people be…

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A worker feeds the Abbassa strain Nile tilapia reared in WorldFish's in-pond raceway system (IPRS) in Abbassa, Egypt. Photo by WorldFish.

Exploring new possibilities with artificial intelligence-powered aquaculture systems in Egypt

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