🐟 How fish are handled after harvest matters.
Better knowledge and practices can reduce fish losses, improve quality, and support livelihoods across aquatic food systems.
📖 Read the publication:
https://on.cgiar.org/4aZJDgf
👩 For #IWD2026, we recognize women who keep Kenya’s fish markets running.
At Seka Beach market in Homabay County, Mary Atieno Odhiambo says training in fishpond farming could help women strengthen tilapia supply and stabilize their incomes.
Read more about CASA:
https://on.cgiar.org/4rpTHWj
This International Women’s Day, we’re sharing the voices of women farmers who are shaping aquatic food systems in their communities with their perspectives—in their own words. 🐟🌊
#IWD2026 #InternationalWomenDay #ForAllWomenAndGirls #WomenFarmers
📊 Many small-scale fish farmers struggle with knowledge and attitudes toward proper harvest and post-harvest handling—a key factor in fish loss. New research shows education, smartphone access, and farmer networks can result in better practices.
📘 Full paper:
https://on.cgiar.org/4aZJDgf
🐟 More fish ≠ better nutrition.
New research by WorldFish in Timor-Leste shows that fish supply must be paired with nutrition awareness to reduce malnutrition—especially for women and children.
👉 Read more:
https://on.cgiar.org/4rLPL3d
🐟 IMTA Invest is a new decision support tool that helps farmers and investors assess the risks and returns of Integrated Multi‑Trophic Aquaculture before they commit—allowing comparisons of different species combinations, costs, and production scenarios.
👉 Full manual:
https://on.cgiar.org/4cTqhfo
🌊Making aquaculture investments easier to understand
A new decision-support tool, IMTA INVEST helps farmers, investors and local communities in investing—allowing farmers and investors to explore different species, costs, and outcomes before committing.
🐟 Learn more:
https://on.cgiar.org/4bgAVf4
🌍🐟 Last month, WorldFish’s CeREA hosted a two-day workshop for 30 participants from the Lakes and Fish Resources Protection and Development Agency (LFRPDA) on solar, biogas, and inclusive technologies—equipping partners to strengthen resilience and cut emissions across the value chain. ☀️ in Egypt.
🐚 Cooking together, learning together
Seaweed and green mussels are helping coastal families improve nutrition in Bangladesh. Through practical training and cooking demos, WorldFish is turning local foods into healthier everyday meals.
📘Read more:
https://on.cgiar.org/4sehxoz
🌊 AABS Mozambique: A Seaweed Innovation Across Borders
Through AABS, a cross-country learning visit connected members of Mozambique’s TANY cooperative with practical experience from established seaweed enterprises in Tanzania.
Watch the video here:
📽️https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxFjkbwtGro
🥗School meals that last are the ones built by the community with families, farmers, volunteers involved. At a primary school in Laos, parents now chip in with time, food & expertise so their children can eat better today and thrive tomorrow.
🏷️Read more:
https://on.cgiar.org/4tXBDVZ
🎥 Real stories. Real impact. Stronger aquatic food systems.
Communities, partners, and science are coming together to build resilience and sustainability in aquatic food systems.
Watch the change on the ground:
👉 https://on.cgiar.org/4cM1dH8
🌊 New brief: Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture in Bangladesh can deliver better returns and much lower emissions than traditional fish farming systems — making sustainability profitable.
📘Read more:
https://on.cgiar.org/4aNbaSk
🐟 New research shows that small changes in post-harvest practices can make nutritious fish more accessible to communities—while protecting local food systems. This is a crucial step toward stronger food security and healthier diets.
📖 Learn more:
https://on.cgiar.org/3ZTmpn3
🌍 What happens when fishers have better data? Better decisions.
In Zanzibar, digital tools record daily catch and fishing routes. Instead of notebooks, this data becomes real-time insights for communities and governments to understand what’s happening at sea.
📄 https://on.cgiar.org/4tmCVcC
🌊 Climate plans shape our future, but are they thinking about the foods we rely on?
Climate strategies are starting to integrate aquatic foods, but fisheries policies still need stronger climate links, clear actions, and monitoring systems.
📄Access the report:
https://on.cgiar.org/4kQlUnv
🥬 What if fish farming produces fish and grows vegetables with every drop of water?
Dive into the raceway pond design in Egypt — where smarter water flow helps fish thrive, delivering nutrient-rich water to crops like lettuce and cabbage.
👉Read the full story here:
https://on.cgiar.org/4c7QEOl
🌱 In Laos, organic and agroecological foods reach markets through a mix of intermediary actors.
The value chain from producers to traders and certifiers, highlights where farmers face barriers, especially with formal certification.
📘Explore the full report:
https://on.cgiar.org/4tQ4zPB
🌊 Climate change is reshaping fisheries—but we can respond.
WorldFish’s new report highlights practical ways countries like Bangladesh, Kenya, and Zambia can protect aquatic food systems, livelihoods, and ecosystems.
📄Dive into the report:
https://on.cgiar.org/4c9m1s2
In 2025, WorldFish empowered over 24,000 aquaculture actors across regions.
With AICCRA, we’re strengthening skills, boosting productivity, and enabling resilient aquatic food systems that drive food sustainability and nutrition security.
Watch the full story
🎥 https://on.cgiar.org/40mKLWk
Despite abundant resources, West Africa still spends over $2B a year importing aquatic foods — nearly half in Côte d’Ivoire.
In an Inter Press Service piece, Dr. Essam reflects on how sustainable aquaculture can advance food sovereignty.
📰Read the article:
https://on.cgiar.org/4tMegi0
Climate change is already affecting fisheries and aquaculture — and communities are finding ways to adapt. Learn how locally-led climate adaptation helps strengthen aquatic food systems by putting people, partnerships and local knowledge at the heart.
Read here: https://on.cgiar.org/3MfYk6U
🐟Several SADC countries are improving local fish species to reduce reliance on non-native tilapia.
This guideline document uses the reach–benefit– empower–transform (RBET) framework to show how gender considerations can be better included.
📄Read more:
https://on.cgiar.org/46iQeAZ
🌊 Aquaculture in Malaysia is evolving beyond production — it’s becoming nature‑positive, socially inclusive, and climate‑smart through the Climate‑Adaptive, Inclusive, Nature‑based Aquaculture (CAINA) project.
💡Read the story:
https://on.cgiar.org/4aiIHn0
👩 What does gender-responsive leadership look like in fisheries?
Our new publication brings together voices from the dialogues in Muleba, Tanzania on how gender-responsive leadership can promote inclusion and strengthen fisheries outcomes.
👉 Read here:
https://on.cgiar.org/4atZ8hu
🌊In Tanzania's Mazinga Ward, WorldFish used boat shows and community theatre to spark open conversations on gender-based violence and inclusive leadership in fisheries — proving that storytelling can be a powerful catalyst for change.
🔗 Read the report:
https://on.cgiar.org/4sZTwTH
🌊 AABS Mozambique: Growing Opportunity Through Seaweed in Inhaca Island
On Inhaca Island, seaweed is becoming a pathway for community-led economic opportunity, through AABS, TANY Cooperative explores the full potential of seaweed.
Watch here:
📽️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pHmHrh-Iq8
🐟 Safer fisheries start with dialogue, and our latest publication focuses on:
✅ Promoting gender equality
✅ Preventing gender-based violence
✅ Strengthening inclusive leadership and community participation
Access the manual:
➡️ https://on.cgiar.org/3ZUC713
🌊 Zanzibar’s fishers are going digital with WorldFish’s AABS project and tools like Peskas. Catch and fishing data is now collected and analyzed in real time — empowering communities, smarter fisheries management, and strengthening sustainability.
📲 Read more about it:
https://on.cgiar.org/4tmCVcC
💬What does it take to make fisheries safer and more inclusive?
Our latest publication highlights community dialogues on gender-based violence, harmful masculinities, and the use of ICTs to support prevention and inclusion in the fisheries sector.
👉 Read the full piece:
https://on.cgiar.org/3O5I1d8
