Improving Human Outcomes
Aquaculture and Rural Communities: Farm Diversification Through Rice-Fish Farming
The ultimate goal of farm diversification is to increase productivity and access to rice and fish, improve nutrition-sensitive diets, promote resource use efficiency, and generate employment and better livelihood options in the target communities.…
Video: How to Make a Sustainable Fish Trap |DIY|
Check out this new video featuring the modified fish trap developed by our Samaki Salama team. More durable materials plus an escape door for juvenile fish help small-scale fishers spend less money on repairs and support the long-term sustainability…
Meet the Human Outcomes Specialist and Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Specialist: Gina Rico Mendez
Meet Gina Rico Mendez, the Fish Innovation Lab's Human Outcomes Specialist and Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Specialist. "Reliable, sustainable, and affordable access to food has been and continues to be a critical issue to ensure food…
Kenyan Fisherman Improves His Livelihood and Family Wellbeing Through Modified Basket Traps and Training
Jamaa, a fisherman in his early 30s from the coastal region of Kenya, improved his fishing efforts after receiving fishing traps from the Samaki Salama activity. His livelihood and the wellbeing of his family have changed for the better thanks to…
Rice-Fish Farming Increases Yield, Improves Household Nutrition and Income for Nigerian Families
Nnanna Hyacinth Chuckwu, a rice farmer in Ebonyi State, Nigeria, learned how to incorporate fish into his rice farm. The Fish Innovation Lab's Farm Diversification team provided entry-level training for smallholder Nigerian rice farmers like Chuckwu…
Integrated Rice-Fish Farming: Localization Through Farm Diversification
The practice of farming rice and fish simultaneously aims to improve the productivity, resilience, and biological diversity of the rice field while making optimal use of water and land resources. The Farm Diversification activity implementation was…
Samaki Salama: Helping a Grandmother in Kenya Provide Better Nutrition to her Granddaughter
Medza, a 74-year-old woman who lives in a village in Kenya, learns how to cook more nutritious meals for her young, growing granddaughter. Through a Samaki Salama nutrition educator and a cooking demonstration class by the research team, Medza now…
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…
Development and Validation of Nutrition and Food Safety Educational Material for Fish Processors in Nigeria
The Nourishing Nations activity developed and validated a low-literacy flipbook designed to teach women fish processors in Nigeria about nutrition and food safety. Learn more in this article from the International Journal of Environmental Research…
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…