Zambia

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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,…

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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 Zambia Feeds Team

The Zambia Feeds team has released an executive summary of findings and results from a feed trial studying the effects of an alternative feed ingredient to fishmeal in tilapia aquaculture. Replacing fishmeal as a feed ingredient could help producers…

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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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Researchers Present at International Conference on Global Food Security

Kathleen Ragsdale (Mississippi State University), Pamela Marinda (University of Zambia), Mary Read-Wahidi (Mississippi State University), Lauren Pincus (WorldFish), Elin Torell (University of Rhode Island), and Robert Kolbila (Mississippi State…

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Addressing Inequalities at Home and Abroad: How the Gender Impacts Lab’s work cover continents

“We conduct hands-on research in the U.S. and globally to address gender equity to improve community development, health, and to empower women and men, boys and girls,” said Ragsdale.

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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…

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Florence Malama has joined the FishFirst! Zambia Team

Florence Malama has joined the FishFirst! Zambia team and will be working in-country to implement surveys at Lake Kariba.