Cambodia

Image Alternative Text: Center of Excellence on Sustainable Agricultural Intensification and Nutrition (CE SAIN) program manager, Sophath TEK (right), and the provincial agriculture coordinator, Simean SOK (left), worked together with student interns to assemble a small demonstration of a Fish Before Irrigation at the Agricultural Technology Park at the Royal University of Agriculture in Phnom Penh. Photo Credit: Karen Veverica.

Fish Before Irrigation: Maximizing Water Use for Fish and Crop Production

As water resources get tighter and irrigation solutions are seen as “modern, high technology” agriculture, aquaculturists are considering a first use of the water for aquaculture before irrigation. This post was written for Agrilinks by Karen…

Image Alternative Text: A Cambodian market. Photo Credit: Sandra Correa.

Well-Managed Aquaculture Ponds Can Help Save Wild Fish in Rural Cambodia

Small fish ponds in Cambodia are being used for Pangasius catfish production to help fish farmers increase their profits and provide a source of protein to families. Check out this article on Agrilinks by Wes Neal, co-principal investigator on the…

Image Alternative Text: Installed wetlab at the aquaculture facility at RUA, Cambodia.

Bighead Catfish Culture Team's Executive Summary

In the executive summary from the Bighead Catfish Culture activity, the research team showed their results and recommendations from the Cambodia aquaculture activity. The team established three main aquaculture facilities and provided training to…

Image Alternative Text: Fishing is a way of life for many Cambodians and management of fisheries requires accurate data, as the fisher shown here learned.

Increasing Fisheries Sustainability for Resilience Team's Executive Summary

The Increasing Fisheries Sustainability for Resilience activity's objectives were to improve sustainable fisheries management by developing a citizen science program to monitor fish populations, create an online platform (iFISH) to visualize and…

Image Alternative Text: a photo of Sandra Correa in a river, holding a fishing net

Our People: Sandra Correa

Sandra Correa, from the Fish Innovation Lab Increasing Fisheries Sustainability for Resilience team, was featured in a Mississippi State University Our People story for her river and aquatic ecology work in Cambodia. Read how Correa is using her…

Image Alternative Text: A group of student interns and the research team were trained by a feed mill engineer from Bangladesh on how to use the feed pelletizing machine.

Bighead Catfish Nutrition Research and Training Builds Capacity Through Installation of a Feed Pelletizing Machine

In Cambodia, the Bighead Catfish team along with a group of students were trained on how to use a fish feed pelletizing machine to work on developing a cost-effective fish feed alternative. The training also engaged participants from the Faculty of…

Image Alternative Text: a picture of boats in a river in Asia

Fish Innovation Lab's Work in Asia Leads to Growth and Resilience in Aquaculture and Fisheries

Within the last five years, the activities in Bangladesh and Cambodia have worked to strengthen the aquaculture and fisheries sectors to improve the lives of men, women, and children in Asia. Watch the video to learn about how the research teams…

Image Alternative Text: Fish Innovation Lab and CAST team members stand in front of a tree at the CAST office

WISHH Cambodian Aquaculture Project Hosts U.S. Fish Innovation Lab

Members of the Fish Innovation Lab Management Entity team recently traveled to Cambodia to meet with implementing partners and visit activity sites. While there, they met with the Commercialization of Aquaculture for Sustainable Trade project team…

Image Alternative Text: Here is a photo of Chhoeun Sreynuch, a fisherwoman from the village of Bak Angrut in Cambodia.

Fishing is for Girls: Rural Matriarch Fishes for Family and Research

Chhoeun Sreynuch is one of the 15 fishers who participate in a fisheries research program with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in Cambodia. The USAID-funded Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish activity is working to collect fisheries…

Image Alternative Text: group photo of the speakers from the Fish Innovation Lab session at Aquaculture America 2023

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…