Improving Human Outcomes

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Micronutrient Impact of Oysters Team’s Executive Summary

Read the Micronutrient Impact of Oysters team's executive summary to learn about their results and recommendations from their cross-sectional study among 504 women shellfishers living near three oyster estuarine sites along the coastline of Ghana.…

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Video on Sustainable Agriculture: DIY Rice and Fish Farming Tutorial

Check out this new Agrilinks-produced video featuring our Farm Diversification team! The video demonstrates how both rice and fish can be farmed in the same plot of land, allowing the farmer to produce two commodities while using an eco-friendly…

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…

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Applying Lean Management in Aquaculture Production Team's Executive Summary

The Applying Lean Management in Aquaculture Production activity used the Lean management approach to minimize costs and maximize efficiency by eliminating waste and converting waste into value in aquaculture production in Nigeria. Read the team's…

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Samaki Salama Team's Executive Summary

The Samaki Salama activity aimed to promote sustainable fisheries practices and improve the nutritional status of young children. Read the team's executive summary to learn about their results and recommendations to address human health and…

Image Alternative Text: Aerial view of a patchwork of integrated fish-prawn-vegetable “ghers” in Kulna district, southwest Bangladesh.

Harnessing Machine Learning Team's Executive Summary

The Harnessing Machine Learning activity utilized artificial intelligence (machine learning) and remote sensing to extract and analyze data on fishponds from satellite images. The data gathered facilitated development of an interactive online data…

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Fish Innovation Lab Nutrition Specialist Dr. Lora Iannotti Receives 2022 BIFAD Award for Scientific Excellence in a Feed the Future Innovation Lab

The Fish Innovation Lab's nutrition specialist and PI of the Samaki Salama activity, Lora Iannotti, is the recipient of the 2022 BIFAD Award for Scientific Excellence in a Feed the Future Innovation Lab. This honor recognizes her work to improve…

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Fish Breeding Technology in Bangladesh Offers Convenience and Quality to Farmers and Consumers

"Cryopreservation—preserving and storing the sperm cells of fish—helps maintain valuable genetic material and supports the growing aquaculture sector in the country." The Fish Innovation Lab activity on cryogenic sperm banking of carp in Bangladesh…

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…

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Nigerian Fish Farmers Tell How They are Using Lean Management to Succeed in Aquaculture Production

In this video, participants in the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish Applying Lean Management in Aquaculture Production team's training speak about how they are using the Lean approach to be more efficient and reduce waste on their fish farms.