Nutrition

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Empowering Women Can Lead to Job Growth, Nutrition Security in Zambia

Mbonyiwe Chakanga dreams of a Zambia with improved opportunities for women in aquaculture and increased production for fish farms throughout the country.

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Women’s Empowerment Key to Growth in the Fisheries and Aquaculture Sectors

Annie Mumba sees empowering women as integral to food and nutrition security and believes that improving opportunities for women will have far-reaching benefits for communities.

Image Alternative Text: Participants in a Men's Focus Group Discussion at Chinsanka Fishing Camp on Day 1 of the Fish4Zambia fieldwork

Identifying Barriers to Nutrition in Zambia’s Lake Bangweulu Fishing Camps

Understanding disparities in access to income and food can help us understand disparities in nutrition, especially for women and children in poor households. The Fish4Zambia team at the Fish Innovation Lab collected data over the summer to…

Image Alternative Text: Male Focus Group in Zambia

Improving the Fish Value Chain in Zambia

In this video, U.S. PI Kathleen Ragsdale, U.S. co-PI Mary Read-Wahidi, and Zambia co-PI Pamela Marinda discuss their research about household nutrition and U.S. PI Delbert Gatlin discusses his study focused on alternative fish feed for tilapia farms…

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Global Partners Discuss Nutritional Goals at Virtual Convening

To discuss food and nutrition security, the Fish Innovation Lab convened global partners on June 28 when lab leaders, country coordinators, and grant recipients discussed the connections between research projects and potential nutritional outcomes…

Image Alternative Text: Woman cleaning fish in Nigeria

From Harvest to Plate in Nigeria

In this video, U.S. PI Julius Nukpezah and U.S. co-PI Joe Steensma discuss their project in Nigeria focused on research to improve post-harvest loss in the fish value chain.

Image Alternative Text: The project team is talking with the leaders of the Takaungu Beach Management Unit about local fishing.

Team Begins Initial Field Work in Kenya

Efforts are underway for the Fish Innovation Lab’s quick start project in Kenya. The project, titled “SecureFish: Improved Nutrition Security in Kenya Through Increased Access to and Consumption of Coastal Marine Fish,” is conducting formative…

Image Alternative Text: Ingouf at 2019 MSU Undergraduate Research Symposium

Student Scholar to Assist with Research in Zambia

Laura Ingouf, a student at Mississippi State University (MSU) has received a $4,000 stipend to join a team of researchers in Zambia this summer and assist with data analyses at MSU.

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Fish Innovation Lab Awards $500,000 in ‘Quick Start’ Grants

The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish (Fish Innovation Lab) has made the first round of awards for research, granting $100,000 each to five projects in four countries: Bangladesh, Kenya, Nigeria, and Zambia. Known as “Quick Starts,” these…

Image Alternative Text: Troy Lindsey, a research technician at Mississippi State’s South Farm Aquaculture and Aquatic Science Facility, examines fish at the research facility. In part because of MSU’s expertise on fish health and production issues, the university will partner with USAID to lead the Feed the Future Innovation Lab on Fish. (Photo by Tom Thompson)

MSU to lead new USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab on Fish

Mississippi State University will lead a new $15 million U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) initiative that continues efforts to reduce poverty and improve health outcomes for global populations dependent on aquaculture-led economies.