Meetings & Events

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The Fish Innovation Lab Joined the Aquaculture 2022 Conference

The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish enjoyed meeting individuals across the aquaculture sector at Aquaculture 2022 in San Diego. Click this post to see more photos from the conference.

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Confronting Hidden Hunger: How Fish Can Fill Health Gaps Around the World [video lecture]

In Lora Iannotti’s seminar on hidden hunger, she addresses food security from her perspective as the nutrition specialist for the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish. She dives into the topics of global nutrition and the great potential fish has…

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MSU Feed the Future projects gain global attention at Borlaug International Dialogue

A virtual side event at this year’s Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue has brought global attention to Fish Innovation Lab projects led by Mississippi State researchers.

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Using Fish to Mitigate Malnutrition: Research to Test Innovative, Sustainable Approaches

Watch the recording of the Fish Innovation Lab's virtual side event during the 2021 Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue.

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Fish Innovation Lab’s 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting

The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish held their 2021 Annual Meeting in August. The internal meeting held via Zoom brought together all project teams to hear keynote speakers as well as listen to project presentations and join in on group…

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The Learning Agenda Meeting: Providing Innovation Through Collaboration

The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish recently hosted their third set of online Learning Agenda Meetings. The Learning Agenda helps the lab accomplish its goals by providing a forum for the research teams to share what they have learned…

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A Partnership to Build Capacity, a Project to Build Sustainable Aquaculture in Cambodia

Three institutions - SEARCA, Universiti Sains Malaysia, and CE SAIN - have partnered together, so that a Cambodian student will join the Royal University of Agriculture to conduct research. Additionally, the agreement will support the Bighead…

Image Alternative Text: Poster on Using the Household Hunger Scale to explore food insecurity among smallscale fishers, processors, and traders at Lake Bangweulu: Fish4Zambia Results

Fish4Zambia Team Presents at 2021 Women and Gender in International Development Conference

Fish4Zambia team members Kathleen Ragsdale, Pamela Marinda, Mary Read-Wahidi, Lauren Pincus, Elin Torell, and Robert Kolbila presented a poster at the 2021 Women and Gender in International Development Conference held virtually from February 23-26,…

Image Alternative Text: Participants convene for a project inception workshop on cryogenic sperm banking of Indian major carps and exotic carps for commercial seed production and brood banking. Submitted by Rafiqul Sarder/BAU.

Cryogenic Sperm Banking for Carps Project Holds Inception Workshop in Bangladesh

On January 4, the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish (Fish Innovation Lab) and Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) hosted an inception workshop for their project on Cryogenic Sperm Banking of Indian Major Carps and Exotic Carps for…

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Virtual Trainings Prepare Scientists to Develop Cryogenic Sperm Bank for Carps in Bangladesh

When travel restrictions prevented the in-person training from happening, the researchers pivoted to create a series of six interactive virtual workshops beginning on September 30, 2020, to provide the training and facilitate cooperation between the…