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Nourishing Nations Team's Executive Summary

The Nourishing Nations team set out to help fish processors in Delta State, Nigeria, to produce better products for their businesses, using hygienic food handling practices to reduce the risks of food safety issues. Understanding how traditional processing methods in Nigeria impact the nutritional content of fish can help policymakers in prioritizing investments and interventions to ensure the safety of these important food products. Read the team's executive summary to learn more.

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Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting in Innovation Labs: Insights from the Fish Innovation Lab’s Learning Meetings

The Fish Innovation Lab method of implementation of USAID’s approach for Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting is founded on the commitment to fostering knowledge sharing and collaboration in the realm of aquaculture and fisheries. Learn more about how the Learning Agenda served as a dynamic process of sharing experiences, challenges, and successes among research teams by checking out this blog post.

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Bighead Catfish Culture Team's Executive Summary

In the executive summary from the Bighead Catfish Culture activity, the research team showed their results and recommendations from the Cambodia aquaculture activity. The team established three main aquaculture facilities and provided training to use these new systems thanks the the Fish Innovation Lab.

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Advancing Aquaculture Systems Productivity Through Carp Genetic Improvement Team's Executive Summary

The Advancing Aquaculture Systems Productivity Through Carp Genetic Improvement team aimed to produce new generations of improved carp in Bangladesh—catla, rohu, and silver carp. Read the team's executive summary to find out how these new generations improved the aquaculture sector in Bangladesh.

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Trade Credits in Farming: A Drain for Gain in the Aquaculture Industry of Bangladesh

The Strategies for an Inclusive Aquaculture Value Chain in Bangladesh activity has a new peer-reviewed journal article in Aquaculture Economics & Management. Read the abstract to learn more about the activity's findings.

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Aquaculture Diversification Team's Executive Summary

The Aquaculture Diversification team used what they learned from their rice-fish trials to develop a technology guide, enabling more than 100 rice farmers with little or no knowledge of aquaculture to successfully introduce fish into their rice fields. As a result, rice-fish farming clusters are now emerging in rice-growing communities of Kebbi and Ebonyi States. Read the full executive summary here.

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Population Ecology and Current Distribution Assessment of Invasive Crayfish in Zambia Team's Executive Summary

In the executive summary from the Population Ecology and Current Distribution Assessment of Invasive Crayfish in Zambia activity, the research team examined the population dynamics and continued spread of redclaw crayfish in the Zambezi River basin of Zambia along with the socioeconomic impacts of crayfish on traditional fishing communities. Read to find out more about the study's results and recommendations.

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Strategies for an Inclusive Aquaculture Value Chain in Bangladesh Team’s Executive Summary

The Strategies for an Inclusive Aquaculture Value Chain in Bangladesh team aimed to analyze the economic implications of increased aquaculture production in terms of food security and market access based on data obtained from a primary survey and secondary sources. Read the activity's results and recommendations in this executive summary.

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Development of a Multivalent Bacterial Fish Vaccine in Zambia Team’s Executive Summary

The Development of a Multivalent Bacterial Fish Vaccine in Zambia study revealed the potential use of autogenous vaccination in minimizing losses in aquaculture that may emanate from production diseases in Zambia. Learn about the results and the activity's recommendations by reading this executive summary.

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Micronutrient Impact of Oysters Team’s Executive Summary

Read the Micronutrient Impact of Oysters team's executive summary to learn about their results and recommendations from their cross-sectional study among 504 women shellfishers living near three oyster estuarine sites along the coastline of Ghana. Heavy metal contamination does not appear to pose a major health risk for the women shellfishers related to oyster consumption, and promoting oyster consumption may be a promising strategy to increase nutrient intake and prevent anemia in estuarine communities.