Program areas at Worldfish
Init-15-resilient Aquatic food systems for healthy people and planet is one of the cgiar initiatives for transforming food systems. The cgiar initiative on Aquatic foods aims to build the resilience of Aquatic food systems and unlock their full potential by scaling research and innovations. It forms part of cgiar's new research portfolio, delivering science and innovation to transform food, land, and water systems in a climate crisis.
The feed the future burma fish for livelihoods activity proposes to change the current Aquatic food production scenario by contributing to the development of the necessary conditions for more inclusive and sustainable development of small-scale aquaculture producers to increase income, production, and nutrition, especially for the most vulnerable groups. The project is of six years duration 2021-2027 funded under united states agency for International development (usaid). The overall development objective is: inclusive and sustainable small-scale aquaculture growth to enhance integrated agriculture nutrition pathways utilizing improved production and market systems approaches to increase the availability of fish, income and dietary diversity, dietary and agriculture practice behavior change, reduce poverty of beneficiary populations, especially women and children, in central and northern burma.
Feed the future bangladesh aquaculture activity (baa) is a program under the united states agency for International development (usaid). Baa's goal is to achieve inclusive aquaculture sector growth through a market system approach. The objectives are increased productivity of aquaculture production systems, strengthened aquaculture market system, with particular attention to expanding opportunities for women and youth and increased awareness and adoption of nutrition-related behaviours, with a particular focus on women and youth.
Other program services include cgiar initiative programs and restricted bilateral grants.