Zambia

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Detailed Country Listing of New Fish Innovation Lab Projects

The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish has awarded $6.2 million USD to 13 research-for-development projects to address food and nutrition security in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Kenya, Nigeria, and Zambia.

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Dried Small Fish (Kapenta)

Our featured recipe this month is for Zambian kakeya or kapenta (sardines) cooked with tomatoes and onions and served with greens, cabbage, or nshima (cornmeal porridge). This small fish offers a terrific package of concentrated nutrients important…

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Replacement of fisheries-derived fishmeal with yeast-derived proteins for sustainable aquaculture in Zambia

Fishmeal is a fisheries-derived product that is used as a protein source in the diet of farmed animals, including farmed aquatic animals (finfish and shellfish). Aquaculture is currently the main consumer of the global fishmeal production. Given the…

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Fish4Zambia Builds Capacity Through Student Fieldwork Training

Undergraduate students often face challenges gaining hands-on research-for-development fieldwork experience. Fish4Zambia, a quick start of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish, provided this opportunity to three undergraduates who joined the…

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Fish4Zambia Student Researcher: Laura Ingouf

Experiences at Mississippi State outside the classroom also have helped Laura Ingouf find and use her voice. Over the summer, she worked in the Gender Impacts Lab at the Social Science Research Center, which provided her the opportunity to go to…

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Fish4Zambia Research Presented at MSU Graduate Research Symposium

Robert Kolbila, a doctoral student at Mississippi State University (MSU) and native of Ghana, presented research on the Fish Innovation Lab's Fish4Zambia project at the university's recent Graduate Research Symposium.

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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.

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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…

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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…