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    Our research and innovation in aquatic food systems supports sustainable development and food systems transformation for healthy and resilient diets. 

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

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

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

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

    • Gender equality in climate policy and practice hindered by assumptions

    • Emerging COVID-19 impacts, responses, and lessons for building resilience in the seafood system

      Emerging COVID-19 impacts, responses, and lessons for building resilience in the seafood system

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    We work across 20 countries in Asia, Africa and the Pacific to address sustainable development challenges through holistic aquatic food systems solutions. 

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    Subsistence fishing is by far the biggest provider of dietary animal protein in Pacific island countries and territories. Pacific. Photo by Jamie Oliver, WorldFish.

    2023 Bonn Climate Change Conference

    05/06/2023 - 15/06/2023
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    2023 UN Food Systems Stocktaking Moment

    24/07/2023 - 26/07/2023

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    • The EU would be wise to invest in African aquaculture and fisheries. Photo: Afeez Olumide Garuba

      The EU would be wise to invest in African aquaculture and fi…

    • Cambodians have been consuming Prahoc for generations and it serves as a key source of protein and essential nutrients in their diet. Photo: Fani Llauradó

      Safeguarding health and prosperity in Cambodia with fermente…

    • Munindra Nath Ngatey handing over oxygen-packed bags of mola seeds to farmers. Photo: Sourabh Kumar Dubey

      Boosting nutrition-sensitive aquaculture with hatchery-produ…

    • Fish farmers harvest genetically improved farmed tilapia. Photo: Shandy Santos

      How the Rise of Timor-Leste’s Aquaculture Sector is a Bluepr…

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LATEST PROJECTS

Bangladesh, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Vietnam, Tanzania

Apr 2023 - Mar 2030

Asia-Africa BlueTech​ Superhighway​

The world faces an enormous challenge of feeding 9.8 billion people by 2050. Providing affordable, safe, nutritious food for all is…

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…

Nigeria, Kenya, Zambia

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…

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Related Publications

Accelerating pond aquaculture development and resilience beyond COVID: Ensuring food and jobs in Ghana
Journal Article

Accelerating pond aquaculture development and resilience beyond COVID: Ensuring food and jobs in Ghana

Profitability, COVID-19
Jan 2023
Economic performance characterization of intensive shrimp (Penaeus monodon) farming systems in Bangladesh
Journal Article

Economic performance characterization of intensive shrimp (Penaeus monodon) farming systems in Bangladesh

Ali, H., Rahman, M.M., Jaman, A., Basak, S.K.

Profitability, Production costs
Apr 2022
Profitability and perceived resilience benefits of integrated shrimp-tilapia-seaweed aquaculture in North Central Coast, Vietnam
Journal Article

Profitability and perceived resilience benefits of integrated shrimp-tilapia-seaweed aquaculture in North Central Coast, Vietnam

Van Tran, N., Shikuku, K.M.

Climate change, Climate change adaptation
Sep 2020
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Discover our success stories, stories from the field, blogs and opinion pieces contributed by our thought leaders and global experts.

Fish farmers harvest genetically improved farmed tilapia. Photo: Shandy Santos

How the Rise of Timor-Leste’s Aquaculture Sector is a Blueprint for Other Small Island Nations

Posted by WorldFish - 4 minutes read

GIFT, Aquaculture, Nutrition security

The project team met with the management and staff from the Natural Resources and Development College’s (NRDC) Basic Sciences and Fisheries Department to discuss potential collaboration on the upgrade of their fisheries wet lab. Photo: Agness Chileya

Engaging local partners to develop sustainable feeds in Zambia

Posted by Agness Chileya - 4 minutes read

Aquaculture feeds, Ingredients, Partnerships

WorldFish and partners are working with Bangladesh national research institutions and national competent authorities to design and develop finfish biosecurity training modules to reduce antimicrobial use (AMU) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) burden in commercial finfish aquaculture systems. Photo: Md. Habibur Rahman

Improving biosecurity practices of finfish aquaculture in Bangladesh

Posted by Shafiq Rheman , Sabrina Hossain - 3 minutes read

Biosecurity, Antimicrobial resistance, Antimicrobials, Sustainable Aquaculture

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