Role of Fish and Other Aquatic Animal-Source Food in Enhancing Nutrition and Food Security Among Vulnerable Populations in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and Zambia

In low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) across sub-Saharan Africa an estimated 250 million children less than five years of age have impaired development arising, in part, from malnutrition and extreme poverty. Funded by the USAID, the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish aims to mitigate poverty and improve nutrition, food security, and livelihoods in LMIC countries by supporting sustainable development of fisheries and aquaculture systems that are nutrition-sensitive, gender responsive, and benefit vulnerable populations. This session presents results from four Fish Innovation Lab-supported projects focused on nutrition and food security in vulnerable small-scale fishing communities in sub-Saharan Africa.