In search for sustainable aquaculture in small and medium hydroelectric reservoirs of an Amazonian River: the case of the Jamari River Aquaculture Project
by Dr. Carlos Eduardo Mounic Silva Fedral University of the Santa Catarina State (UFSC) & Federal Institute of the Rondônia State (IFRO) Extensive cattle ranching is highly unsustainable for the Amazon, due to its high contribution to greenhouse gas emissions thus global climate change. In addition, it contributes greatly to the current deforestation of rainforest and…
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…
‘Sustainable Aquatic Foods’ – a new BMZ project
The German Federal Ministry for Development and Economic Cooperation (BMZ) commissioned the new project “Sustainable Aquatic Foods”, which started in January 2024 and will be implemented by the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) as part of the Special Initiative “Transformation of Agricultural and Food Systems” (SI AGER). The main objective of the project is to enhance the integration…
Creating an enabling environment for securing sustainable small-scale fisheries
The Global Action Network was represented at the FAO workshop “Creating an enabling environment for securing sustainable small-scale fisheries (SSF)” in November 2023, together with 70 other participants representing mostly fisherfolk and fish workers. The purpose of attending was to hear perspectives from SSF globally, what issues concern them, and how countries work to implement…
Achievements and Successes of the BMZ Project “Sustainable Aquaculture and Fisheries”
The objective of the GIZs Global Programme “Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture” is to enhance access to more fish and higher incomes derived from sustainable and resource-friendly fisheries and aquaculture for the population facing food insecurity. In two country-modules, Malawi and Madagascar, the successes were analysed and evaluated in concluding studies. The Aquaculture Value Chain Project (AVCP) in…