Bangladesh

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Enumerators’ Training Program on Strategies for an Inclusive Aquaculture Value Chain in Bangladesh

The Strategies for an Inclusive Aquaculture Value Chain in Bangladesh project held an enumerator training program, in which participants received training about the open-source data collection platform that will be used as a survey tool for the…

Image Alternative Text: To better understand baseline conditions of households and fishers, nutrition educators with the Samaki Salama project visited households to gather information to help bridge educational gaps in nutrition. Photo Credit: Francis Mbogholi

The Fish Innovation Lab: Improving Livelihoods through Food Security Research

Aquaculture and fisheries play an important role in food security. Check out how the Innovation Lab for Fish is working to improve food security in Africa and Asia.

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2021: A Year in Review at the Fish Innovation Lab

In 2021, the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish continued progress toward its goal of reducing poverty and improving nutrition, food security, and livelihoods by supporting the sustainable development of aquaculture and fisheries systems.

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Fish Price Volatility Dynamics in Bangladesh

Madan Dey and Prasanna Surathkal of the Strategies for an Inclusive Aquaculture Value Chain in Bangladesh project authored a new publication alongside Prokash Deb, which was accepted in Aquaculture Economics and Management.

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Quality Seed Production Using Cryopreserved Sperm in Fish Hatcheries Becomes a Reality in Bangladesh

The Fish Innovation Lab's project to establish a cryogenic sperm bank of key carp species for aquaculture production has successfully completed breeding trials of rohu, mrigal, silver carp, and bighead carp in nine selected hatcheries in four…

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Impacts of COVID-19 Delta Variant on Fish Innovation Lab Activities in Bangladesh

The Fish Innovation Lab has four ongoing activities in Bangladesh. Each has been impacted differently by the lockdowns and restrictions imposed due to COVID-19.

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Training Opportunity: Identification of Aquaculture Waterbodies Using Machine Learning

The Fish Innovation Lab's Machine Learning for Better Aquaculture project is organizing a training to disseminate techniques developed in a recent paper on using machine learning to map aquaculture waterbodies in Bangladesh. Complete the interest…

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Harnessing Machine Learning Techniques for Mapping Aquaculture Waterbodies in Bangladesh

The Harnessing Machine Learning team's peer-reviewed journal article was accepted and appears in Remote Sensing. Read the full publication to find out more about the project's findings.

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Fish Innovation Lab Overview Video

In this video, learn about the Fish Innovation Lab's work to alleviate poverty and improve nutrition in vulnerable populations through reliable and inclusive provision of fish.

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Genetically Improved Rohu Carp is now in the Hands of Bangladeshi Farmers

Read about how the "Advancing Aquaculture Systems Productivity Through Carp Genetic Improvement" project is helping Bangladeshi fish farmers through their genetically improved rohu carp.