🌊 WorldFish is in Bergen TODAY for Aquatic Foods for Resilient Food Systems.
💬 "Our nutrition challenge is not about production alone—we must address consumer preferences and perceptions."
The future of food is blue. 🐟
🔗 Learn more: https://on.cgiar.org/4tfhYQu
🐟 What if smarter incentives could transform Zanzibar's fisheries? 🎣
New policy brief breaks down how integrating social protection, fisheries management & coastal conservation can build more inclusive, resilient governance.
🔗 Access the brief:
https://on.cgiar.org/482aPdS
Climate change is impacting aquatic food systems in Bangladesh—threatening food security & livelihoods.
Through AABS, WorldFish is helping build resilience across communities.
🎥 Watch the story:
English: https://on.cgiar.org/41wuLSy
Bengali: https://on.cgiar.org/4tLvUBM
A tiny fish could be a big answer to malnutrition in India 🐟
WorldFish cracked the code on mass-producing mola, a micronutrient-packed small fish—for the first time in India. 7 million hatchlings in one season.
Read more:
https://on.cgiar.org/3h0X7AF
🐟 WorldFish is joining the Aquatic Foods for Resilient Food Systems mini conference in Bergen on 20 April tackling a critical question: how do we shift consumer behavior & policy to get more people eating aquatic foods?
📅 20 April 2026 | 📍 Bergen, Norway
🔗 Learn more: https://on.cgiar.org/4cMzfdZ
🐙 Tanzania's octopus fishers are doing it right—sustainable management, reef closures, export access.
But postharvest losses along the value chain cost an estimated USD 295,000/year and cutting just 50% of losses could recover ~USD 148,000 annually.
📖 Read the brief
https://on.cgiar.org/4mydL8c
🐟🌍 Fish feed costs can eat up 70% of a farmer's budget in Africa—much of it from imported ingredients.
WorldFish is testing locally sourced alternatives from Kenya, Nigeria & Zambia to build affordable, homegrown feed solutions.
👉 Read more:
https://on.cgiar.org/3Ol9bgK
🍃In Kenya, 100 seaweed farmers came together to strengthen skills in farming, finance & markets.
Through AABS, WorldFish is supporting climate-resilient seaweed farming as a business—while building collaboration across communities.
Learn more about AABS in Kenya:
https://on.cgiar.org/4ctEsWZ
How fishers fish doesn’t just shape their catch—it shapes nutrition 🎣
New research in Nature Food, based on Timor-Leste, shows that where and how fishing happens influences nutrient value—and that this can be predicted.
📖 Read more:
https://on.cgiar.org/4vvgymA
🤝The WorldFish Mekong Fisheries Conservation team met with University of Kratie to explore collaboration on fisheries education — bringing fish ecology, resource protection & EAFM to the next generation of students.
A concept note is in the works.
🌊 New research shows Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture (IMTA) that combines fish, shellfish & seaweed is economically viable AND climate-resilient for Nigerian coastal farmers.
96% of farmers want in. The barriers? Finance, policy & awareness.
📖 Read more:
https://on.cgiar.org/41UF42G
🇮🇳 Big numbers. Real people. Lasting change.
WorldFish has been working across India to transform aquaculture and fisheries—and the impact is growing.
WorldFish focuses on scaling what works, and where it matters most.
🎥 Watch our journey on the ground:
https://on.cgiar.org/4bYKPCx
You can't manage what you don't measure 🐟
The WorldFish Mekong Fisheries Conservation team just wrapped training for partners & community members across the Lower Mekong and Tonle Sap — building skills in fish ecology, catch monitoring & data collection.
🌊 2.4M people in Mozambique depend on coastal fisheries — but are incentives strong enough to protect them?
A new policy brief says the legal foundations are solid, but governance gaps are holding communities back.
📄 Read the full brief
https://on.cgiar.org/3PXsUDC
🐟 28 years in India.
10M+ mola hatchlings distributed.
~20,000 women's groups in aquaculture.
48% income increase for fish-farming women.
Watch our journey in India—and stay tuned. We are telling this story, impact by impact.
🦐 Rice AND prawns?
30+ stakeholders validated the Rice–Freshwater Prawn Manual in Phnom Penh — a key milestone for scaling regenerative agriculture across ASEAN.
Insights show:
✔️ Higher returns vs mono-rice
✔️ Reduced chemical use
✔️ Healthier ecosystems
Read more:
https://on.cgiar.org/3NE2Ufn
📋 We need your input!
🐟 School meals can be a powerful driver of food system transformation — and aquatic foods deserve a seat at the table.
Help shape the evidence. Take this short survey on aquatic foods in school meal programs 👇
https://on.cgiar.org/4c7tgPs
Can we actually reverse the damage to our oceans and aquatic food systems?
#AABS says yes — and they're proving it across Asia and Africa.
🎥 Watch the full video to understand the scale of the challenge:
https://on.cgiar.org/4bKdxWb
🌐 Explore more videos on AABS:
https://on.cgiar.org/4t6GDpQ
🌾Feed make up to 70% of fish farming costs—the biggest barrier for small-scale farmers across Sub-Saharan Africa.
WorldFish is working directly with local feed millers to turn cutting-edge research into affordable, accessible products on the ground.
📖 Learn more:
https://on.cgiar.org/4ccRJnA
🚨 News: WorldFish has launched WorldFish Ventures — a new platform to mobilize capital and scale aquatic food innovations across Africa, Asia and beyond.
🔗 Read the full announcement:
https://on.cgiar.org/4cgQALT
🌊 Climate change is hitting fishing communities hard, but Odisha is resilient.
WorldFish's OIIPCRA project is building real climate resilience for aquaculture farmers in Odisha—and the success stories speak for themselves.
📖 Read the full publication:
https://on.cgiar.org/4s4O7ZC
+25% profit. Same pond. Smarter fish. 🐟
WorldFish's improved carp varieties are transforming Bangladesh's polyculture ponds — giving smallholder farmers a real income boost without extra land or resources.
💧Read more:
https://on.cgiar.org/4sHHu0q
#WorldFish
📸 From the workshop floor in Dhaka
Over 60 participants came together this week through the Asia–Africa BlueTech Superhighway (AABS) to share, learn and exchange ideas on Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture (IMTA).
Early results from Khulna and Cox’s Bazar are already showing promising progress.
🐠 Farming smarter in Kenya: Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture (IMTA) can return up to $7 for every $1 invested.
One species' waste is another's food. New brief breaks down the economics.
📑 https://on.cgiar.org/4uPyI1U
🐟 Years of feed research. How do farmers actually use it?
The FASA project's answer: a digital feed formulation tool — built for fish farmers in Nigeria, Zambia & Kenya to work in the real world.
18 months to deliver.
📖 Read more about it:
https://on.cgiar.org/4sJbPf9
The AABS project in Nigeria just closed out after 3 years of climate-smart aquaculture work — and the impact is real.
506+ farmers trained. IMTA pilots running in Lagos & Ogun. Research published. Gender equity centred throughout.
Learn more about AABS in Nigeria:
https://on.cgiar.org/4s0yNNN
🎥 Through the Asia–Africa BlueTech Superhighway (AABS), WorldFish and partners are working across Africa and Asia to strengthen small-scale fisheries and support more resilient coastal livelihoods.
▶️ Watch the video:
https://on.cgiar.org/40UUrYF
🌐 Explore AABS:
https://on.cgiar.org/4t6GDpQ
💡 Wrapping up regional workshop in Timor-Leste under AABS
Partners from Timor-Leste, Tanzania, and Mozambique came together for a highly productive exchange on the future of digital fisheries systems as part of a knowledge exchange program under AABS funded by the UK government through #FCDO.
💧 This World Water Day 2026, we stand with International Water Management Institute (IWMI), as they work to advance equitable water access, empower women in water management, and strengthen resilience in communities worldwide.
Learn more 👉 on.cgiar.org/4cZ4aEA
In a recent Dialogue Earth piece featuring scientist Gianna, it was found that fishers are facing growing pressures from climate change and commercial competition.
Read more:
https://on.cgiar.org/4rEijug
On the Illuminating Hidden Harvests initiative:
https://on.cgiar.org/40MbU65
