Fisheries and aquaculture contribute to livelihoods for 800 million people and provide 3.1 billion people with 20% of their animal protein. Working with national governments and partners, FISH focuses on improving the productivity of fisheries and aquaculture to reduce poverty and improve food and nutrition security.
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Fish in irrigation systems: an ancient practice may be the way of the future!
Fisheries are critically important to nutrition and food security around the world. The total global value of caught wild fish and aquaculture was estimated to be USD362 billion in 2016, with fish accounting for 17% of global animal protein consumption in 2015. In the lower Mekong alone, fisheries...
The FISH CRP has been featured in the UN COP25 Climakers collection of stories from the field
The FISH CRP has been featured in the UN COP25 Climakers collection of stories from the field. Explore the full publication here
Global symposium brings scientists and policymakers together for a “new vision” of sustainable fisheries
Fish harvested from naturally occurring stocks in ocean, coastal and inland waters are crucial to livelihoods, and food and nutrition security around the world. With that in mind, the FAO International Symposium on Fisheries Sustainability, which counted WorldFish among its co-sponsors, aimed to...
World Resources Institute report lays the table for a sustainable food future
A new report from the World Resources Institute highlights the key role of fish – from wild fisheries and sustainable aquaculture - in achieving sustainable food systems by 2050. Creating a Sustainable Food Future proposes various options for producing enough food for 10 billion people by mid-...
CHARTING A COURSE FOR CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT IN ETHIOPIAN LIVESTOCK AND NIGERIAN AQUACULTURE SYSTEMS
“Capacity development strategies through an agricultural innovation system lens” was the focus of a recent collaboration among partners in several Feed the Future Innovation Labs and CGIAR centers . The initiative, organized by Wageningen University and Research , Michigan State University , and...
WorldFish nets big wins in big data competition
Two innovative WorldFish-led projects are to receive a total of USD$225,000 from the CGIAR Platform on Big Data in Agriculture. One, led by Dr. Jerome Delamare-Deboutteville, will receive an Inspire Challenge award worth USD$100,000 to test a new concept for rapid diagnosis of fish diseases , while...
Putting fish ‘back on the plate’ in nutrition debate
An interview with Eddie Allison, WorldFish Honorary Fellow Research published recently in Nature showed that, in many developing countries, local fish species are rich in the same micronutrients that are missing from local diets. We spoke with WorldFish Honorary Fellow Eddie Allison, a co-author of...
Making sense of fuzzy data: new approach promises clear insights for tackling disease outbreaks in farmed fish
A quick, cost-effective, Cloud-based solution to one of the biggest challenges to fish farming could soon be accessible to farmers, scientists and policy makers if a new project gets the go-ahead. Aquaculture is one of the fastest-growing food production sectors in the world and will be essential...
FISH Annual Report 2018 is now available!
As we look back over our second year as a program, new and critical understanding of fish in agri-food systems is clearly emerging from our work. This is reshaping traditional views about responses to the challenges posed by undernutrition, climate change and the growing global demand for...
WorldFish strengthens ties with tech sector to boost small-scale fisheries in Africa and Asia
Pioneering work to better understand stocks and catches from small-scale fisheries could soon be taken to Africa and other parts of Asia, following a new agreement between WorldFish and US-tech firm Pelagic Data Systems.
Landmark report calls for better conservation of aquatic genetic resources
A new United Nations report calls for better conservation of aquatic genetic resources as one of a range of measures to ensure the world can meet rising demand for fish. The State of the World’s Aquatic Genetic Resources for Food And Agriculture , published by the UN’s Food and Agriculture...
New study examines how aquaculture improvement projects address risk beyond the farm
Aquaculture improvement projects (AIPs) are being promoted as a way for the private sector to address area-level production risk associated with aquaculture. A new study explores the extent to which different AIP models enable farmers to address production risk and environmental concerns beyond the farm scale.