Maintaining the health between people and water: Improving marketing to ensure nutrition along the fisheries value chain
In the global south, where most of the fish producing nations and global population coexist, the gap between the demand and supply is yet apparent. There have been concerted policies by governments to ensure adequate and nutritious food for citizens while international trade continues to play an important role in food systems especially concerning seafood.…
African perspectives on aquatic food for food security – One Ocean Expedition seminar in Cape Town
The seminar was well attended with more than 40 participants including representatives of government agencies and programs, industry and academia. Many of them contributed comments and questions in a lively discussion session after the introductory talks. In his opening remarks, Minister Counsellor Mr Stian Nordengen Christensen highlighted the recent Norwegian strategy for food security with…
Aquatic Foods Community of Practice – up and running
The Aquatic Foods Community of Practice (Aquatic Foods CoP) has been officially launched and progress is well underway to collate, contextualize, and promote the plethora of new information coming out on the nutrient composition of aquatic foods. Resources we would like to highlight so far include an infographic, developed with input from several other collaborators, that…
Roles of aquatic foods in reducing malnutrition and food insecurity
Contributor: Oluwatosin Abidemi Ogunkalu Title: PhD Candidate Organisation: Omer Halisdemir University, Nigde, Turkey Email: Ogunkaluoluwatosin1@gmail.com Online profile: Linked-in | ResearchGate Introduction FAO defines food security as a safe means of approach for the population to obtain adequate food always. An individual requires proper health, conducive surroundings and nutrients for their continuous existence and this is firmly associated with the…
Integrating food and nutrition into fisheries and aquaculture management
Despite the important role that aquatic foods play in global food systems, the management of fisheries and aquaculture is predominantly skewed toward economic and environmental outcomes. Globally, fewer than 50% of fisheries management policies identified nutrition as a key objective in the sector (Koehn et al., 2021), and many of these types of objectives prioritise increasing…
Other related aquatic food events at COP28
Event/Activity Name Date/Time Location No Paris without the Ocean: Partnerships to Activate Ocean-Climate Solutions at Scale 30 November 11:00-12:00 Ocean Pavilion, Blue Zone A Rights-Based Approach to Ocean Resilience: Community-Led Governance as a Pillar of Climate Action 30 November 12:30-13:30 Ocean Pavilion, Blue Zone Leaders Summit Food Session 1 December 13:30-14:15 Al Waha Theatre, Blue…
Aquatic-Blue Food Coalition
Bonn Ocean Dialogues Delegates at the Bonn Climate Change Conference wrapped up the last meeting of the technical dialogue of the first global stocktake on the 15th of June. The Ocean Dialogues took place on 13-14th of June and the Aquatic-Blue Food Coalition sought to influence the debate to promote greater integration of food systems transformation into the climate…
UN FSS+2 Special Event
Blue Transformation Advancing aquatic systems for people, planet and prosperity Aquatic foods are crucial for enhancing food security and nutrition while addressing climate change. Transforming aquatic food systems can increase the supply of nutritious food sustainably, while contributing to decent and equitable employment and community resilience. Blue Transformation acknowledges the need to support the 2030…
Network Meeting 2023
Actions in support of the Network’s mission were shared.We discussed how to continue to mobilize strong actions and increase knowledge and awareness related to sustainable aquatic food systems and their role in food security and nutrition in 2024.
COP28 Nordic Food Systems Takeover Event
Sustainable Aquatic Food Systems Food security and nutrition within planetary boundaries The potential of sustainable aquatic foods should be released to contribute to sustainable food systems, providing food security and nutritious food, within planetary boundaries. What could be the solutions for overcoming our challenges, accelerating the effort, and taking advantage of the opportunities that lie…