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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

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      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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    The breeding hapas at the raceway greenhouse, WorldFish’s facility, Abbassa, Abu-Hammad, Sharqia, Egypt. Photo by Hussam Shaheen, Research Assistant, WorldFish, Egypt.

    SEC’s 88th Aquaculture Production Training Pr…

    14/05/2025 - 14/05/2025
    This group of photos captures the fish processing journey from the moment the fish is landed from the sea to its final distribution. Photo by WorldFish.

    WorldFish @ One Ocean Science Congress

    04/06/2025 - 06/06/2025
    Installation of vessel monitoring systems on small-scale fishing boats in Timor-Leste. Photo by Joctan Dos Reis Lopes, WorldFish.

    WorldFish @ UN Ocean Conference

    09/06/2025 - 13/06/2025
    Photos of fishers, fish processors, and fish sellers captured from Jimbo beach in Kwale County, Southern Coast of Kenya. Photo by WorldFish.

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    14/07/2025 - 24/07/2025

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      Can Seaweed Save the Planet? 

    • Preparing mola, a small, nutrient-rich fish, for cooking, a traditional and important source of vitamins and minerals in local diets in Assam. Photo by WorldFish.

      Takeaways from the Nutrition for Growth Summit 2025

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    We are a leading nonprofit research and innovation institution focused on aquatic foods for food system transformation for healthy people and planet.

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The Latest

Success in Advanced Molecular Diagnostics and Sequencing to Manage Diseases in Aquaculture 

Posted by David Wardell, Jérôme Delamare-Deboutteville

One Health

Philip Kwasi Banini in the lab with sampled shrimps along the 570 km coast of Ghana for molecular work for his M.Phil. Aquaculture at the Marine and Fisheries Sciences Department, University of Ghana, Legon. Photo by Mabel Ackah.

Youth in Aquatic Food Systems: Philip Kwasi Banini

Posted by Aniss Khalida Mohd Khalid

Aquaculture, Animal health, Biosecurity, Disease management

Hassan Ali Abdelrahman, a fish farmer and trainee, applied his learnings to increase his income and resilience. Photo: Heba El Begawi

Fostering climate-smart aquaculture innovations and enterprises in Egypt

Posted by WorldFish

Shyamol a female fish farmer is harvesting Mola fish for food by net at her pond. Photo by WorldFish.

Gender research tools help design CGIAR projects for nutrition outcomes

Posted by WorldFish

Fisheries, Aquaculture, Women's empowerment, Gender

Breathing new life into FishBase and SeaLifeBase

Posted by Neil Palmer

Research, Data, aquatic foods, Technology

Income generation by the youths in cage culture of tilapia in Lake Kivu, DRC. Photo by Janvier Mushangalusa.jpg

Eradicating poverty by nurturing the youth in aquaculture technologies

Posted by Bernadette Tosan Fregene , Agness Chileya

Youth employment, Aquaculture, Poverty reduction

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WorldFish Annual Report 2022

Jul 2023
Strengthening rural livelihoods in Ghana and Nigeria through small-scale cage aquaculture: The ProSCAWA project
Brief

Strengthening rural livelihoods in Ghana and Nigeria through small-scale cage aquaculture: The ProSCAWA project

Olaniyi, A.A., Siriwardena, S.N., Nasr-Allah, A.M.

Livelihoods, Small holder farmers
Apr 2023
Best Management Practices guidelines for small scale tilapia cage aquaculture in Ghana and Nigeria
Manual

Best Management Practices guidelines for small scale tilapia cage aquaculture in Ghana and Nigeria

Siriwardena, S.N., Nasr-Allah, A.M., Olaniyi, A.A.

Tilapia, Fish
Apr 2023
Harvesting and post-harvest handling of tilapia from cage
Brief

Harvesting and post-harvest handling of tilapia from cage

Siriwardena, S.N., Nasr-Allah, A.M., Olaniyi, A.A.

Tilapia, Fish
Feb 2023
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Our Projects In Ghana

1 Projects in Ghana

Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Africa

Dec 2020 - Nov 2024

Increased sustainability in the aquaculture sector in Sub-Saharan Africa, through improved aquatic…

*/ African aquaculture is growing rapidly. Tilapia and catfish are the two most important farmed fish species in Africa. Additional…

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