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Integrated Rice-Fish Farming: Localization Through Farm Diversification
The practice of farming rice and fish simultaneously aims to improve the productivity, resilience, and biological diversity of the rice field while making optimal use of water and land resources. The Farm Diversification activity implementation was anchored by a participatory approach, involving farmers, farmers associations, extension workers and the research team made up of academics and development experts from Nigeria, Italy, and the United States. Read the Agrilinks story by Oluwafemi Ajayi here.
WISHH Cambodian Aquaculture Project Hosts U.S. Fish Innovation Lab
Members of the Fish Innovation Lab Management Entity team recently traveled to Cambodia to meet with implementing partners and visit activity sites. While there, they met with the Commercialization of Aquaculture for Sustainable Trade project team with the American Soybean Association's World Initiative for Soy in Human Health.
Samaki Salama: Helping a Grandmother in Kenya Provide Better Nutrition to her Granddaughter
Medza, a 74-year-old woman who lives in a village in Kenya, learns how to cook more nutritious meals for her young, growing granddaughter. Through a Samaki Salama nutrition educator and a cooking demonstration class by the research team, Medza now knows how to provide a balanced diet for her family to be healthier and help prevent illness.
Video: Harnessing Machine Learning Activity's Dhaka Outreach Workshop
In this video, the Fish Innovation Lab's Harnessing Machine Learning activity shows highlights from an outreach workshop in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Watch to learn more about this event and what policymakers and development partners had to say about the work the activity accomplished.
The Harnessing Machine Learning Activity Receives Government Website Link
The Harnessing Machine Learning activity in Bangladesh recently achieved government buy-in to further scale the activity's work. The Department of Fisheries' website provides a link to the Harnessing Machine Learning activity's data portal to provide more people with the research team's tool to estimate the total aquaculture farm area using images from remote sensing in conjunction with a survey to collect data.
Fishing is for Girls: Rural Matriarch Fishes for Family and Research
Chhoeun Sreynuch is one of the 15 fishers who participate in a fisheries research program with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in Cambodia. The USAID-funded Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish activity is working to collect fisheries data to understand the issues facing the fishery, so policymakers can make informed rules and regulations to protect the river and its resources.
e-AquaHealth Web Platform: An Aquaculture Intervention
In a study on aquaculture biosecurity, a Fish Innovation Lab research team identified numerous gaps in fish health management in Nigeria, such as poor communication between fish farmers and veterinarians. To help address this, the team created e-AquaHealth, a web-based platform designed to bridge the gap between fish farmers and aquatic veterinary professionals to enhance the delivery of quality services and improve the wellbeing of fish.
The Fish Innovation Lab's First Ever, In-Person Annual Meeting
Bringing together partners from around the world for the first time, the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish held its Annual Meeting in New Orleans from February 27 through March 1. The internal meeting was a way for the teams to not only reflect on the work that has been accomplished, but it was also an opportunity for research teams to collaborate about potential ways the teams can help one another to have the most impact in Asia, Africa, and beyond.
Development and Validation of Nutrition and Food Safety Educational Material for Fish Processors in Nigeria
The Nourishing Nations activity developed and validated a low-literacy flipbook designed to teach women fish processors in Nigeria about nutrition and food safety. Learn more in this article from the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
Genetically-Improved Rohu is Commercially Available and in High Demand in Bangladesh
Abdul Alim, owner of Mukteshary Fish Hatchery in Jashore, Bangladesh, received G3 rohu in 2020, developed them as broodstock, and produced seed in 2022 for the first time thanks to the Advancing Aquaculture Systems Productivity Through Carp Genetic Improvement activity. “I produced 68 kilograms of spawn in 2022 and sold them for a premium price—three times the conventional rohu seed,’’ Alim said.