Bangladesh
Building Bridges: Strategies for Productive Engagement with Government and Other Stakeholders
In this Agrilinks blog post, Fish Innovation Lab Asia Specialist Madan Dey reflects on the importance of engaging with government and other stakeholders to achieve long-term development gains for food security, nutrition, and food safety.
Fish Value Chain Survey Informs Future Interventions to Mitigate Foodborne Pathogens
Five enumerators total (four women and one man) were trained in survey collection methods as part of a Fish Innovation Lab research study led by Washington State University, estimating the prevalence of foodborne pathogens in two of the most…
A Cross-Collaboration to Build the Cryopreservation Industry in Bangladesh
The LSU AgCenter and the Fish Innovation Lab’s Cryogenic Sperm Banking for Carps team came together at the LSU AgCenter facilities in the United States to learn from one another and work to further build the cryopreservation industry in Bangladesh.
The Carp Genetic Improvement Program in Bangladesh Shares G3 Technology With the Department of Fisheries
Kh. Mahbubul Haque, director general for the Bangladesh Department of Fisheries (DoF), officially received the rapid-growing WorldFish Generation 3 (G3) rohu on behalf of DoF during a day-long international workshop held on May 9, 2023. This…
Video: Harnessing Machine Learning Activity's Dhaka Outreach Workshop
In this video, the Fish Innovation Lab's Harnessing Machine Learning activity shows highlights from an outreach workshop in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Watch to learn more about this event and what policymakers and development partners had to say about the…
The Harnessing Machine Learning Activity Receives Government Website Link
The Harnessing Machine Learning activity in Bangladesh recently achieved government buy-in to further scale the activity's work. The Department of Fisheries' website provides a link to the Harnessing Machine Learning activity's data portal to…
Genetically-Improved Rohu is Commercially Available and in High Demand in Bangladesh
Abdul Alim, owner of Mukteshary Fish Hatchery in Jashore, Bangladesh, received G3 rohu in 2020, developed them as broodstock, and produced seed in 2022 for the first time thanks to the Advancing Aquaculture Systems Productivity Through Carp Genetic…
The Fish Innovation Lab Held an Aquaculture America 2023 Session and Booth in New Orleans
The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish hosted a session titled “Fish to Feed the World: Advancing Sustainable Solutions for Global Food Security” at the World Aquaculture Society, Aquaculture America Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, on…
Fish Innovation Lab Mourns the Loss of Professor Dr. Mostafa Ali Reza Hossain, Bangladesh Agricultural University
The Fish Innovation Lab is saddened to announce that Dr. Mostafa Ali Reza Hossain, who was the Bangladesh co-principal investigator of the Advancing Aquaculture Systems Productivity Through Carp Genetic Improvement activity, passed away from a heart…
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic in Crab Farming for Women in Bangladesh
The crab sector has provided a variety of economic possibilities for the coastal poor and marginalized women who were working as non-waged laborers. Women are involved in crab farming in a variety of ways, but the Covid-19 pandemic negatively…