Improving Human Outcomes

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Addressing Food Safety in Aquaculture Systems in Developing Countries

Globally over 600 million people, 1 in 10, suffers from foodborne diseases each year, and 420,000 people died in 2010. Practicing safe food preparation and storage strategies can help prevent this.

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Fisheries Need Stronger Role in Food Policy and Food Security Planning

Fish Innovation Lab Deputy Director Elin Torell joins "The Leading Voices in Food" podcast at Duke University's World Food Policy Center to discuss the importance of recognizing fish in international food policy and development funding.

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Improving Capacity in Bangladesh to Detect Fecal Pathogens in Aquaculture

The Fish Innovation Lab project on Evaluation of Risk and Mitigation of Aquaculture Fecal Pathogens organized lectures and a hands-on training for eight participants from the Bangladesh Department of Fisheries Quality Control Laboratory and the…

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Andrew Chisopo joins FishFirst! Zambia team

Andrew Chisopo has joined the FishFirst! Zambia team as a graduate intern. Chisopo will contribute to questionnaire programming, data cleaning, management and analysis, and production/presentation of results at scientific conferences, technical…

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Results and Findings from SecureFish Team

The SecureFish team has released an executive summary of findings and results from a study of nutrition, especially in young children, in fisher families along the Kenya Coast. Results also indicate opportunities for improvements in fish value chain…

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Increased Sustainability and Research Capacity for Tilapia Aquaculture in Zambia

The achievement of this project has built the capacity of the local vocational institution (NRDC) and proposed a solution to tilapia aquaculture in Zambia and Southern Africa, where tilapia plays a crucial role in animal protein supply of the urban…

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2020 Research Results from the Fish Innovation Lab

“Some of our proudest accomplishments this year are the impressive results from our Quick Start projects, results that are informing further research and development with partner institutions, government officials, and other groups in the zones of…

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Key Takeaways for Sustainable Fishery and Improved Nutrition in Coastal Kenya

The SecureFish project has four key takeaways that will inform future work in the study communities: 1) Resource scarcity and cultural beliefs limit fish consumption in small fishing households. 2) Social marketing and nutrition education could…

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Aquaculture and Public Health in Nigeria

“Through this project, I worked with people from diverse fields—economists, fish experts, nutritionists, and environmental health professionals from Nigeria and around the world. I enjoyed interacting with the people whose lives are impacted by a…

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Building Resilience of Fishery and Aquaculture Systems

Mississippi State University and its partners, through the Feed the Future initiative, are developing new technologies and practices to improve the resilience of aquaculture and fishery systems to meet income and nutrition needs of vulnerable groups…