Gender Equity
Integrating Digital Learning Tools for Long Distance Team Training During the COVID-19 Crisis
In the Improving Biosecurity project team's success story, they tell how creating a mobile-phone-accessible course helped train enumerators and postgraduate students under lockdown conditions due to COVID-19.
How Locally Sourced Fish Powder Drives Women’s Empowerment and Nutrition in Zambia
In Zambia, women catch thousands of tiny fish from Lake Kariba, the center of the local fishing economy. These fish also provide an opportunity for other riches: nutrition promotion, women’s empowerment, and community resilience. Read the full story…
Using Fish to Mitigate Malnutrition: Research to Test Innovative, Sustainable Approaches
Watch the recording of the Fish Innovation Lab's virtual side event during the 2021 Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue.
Women's Employment in the Aquaculture Value Chain
This video, produced by the Machine Learning for Better Aquaculture project, highlights women’s increasing participation in fish and vegetable markets in Bangladesh.
Recent Trainings in Nigeria Taught the Importance of Food Safety in Fish Processing
The Nourishing Nations’ August trainings provided Nigerians with new approaches to fish processing, taught them how to prevent food contamination, and promoted the benefits of adding fish to their diets.
Our People Story: Grace Adegoye from the Nourishing Nations team
Grace Adegoye, a Ph.D. candidate at Mississippi State University, tells about what led her to work alongside the Fish Innovation Lab's Nourishing Nations team.
Advancing Gender-Responsive Aquaculture and Fisheries Development Starts with Identifying Common Gender Barriers
A new brief highlights findings from the Gender Responsive Aquaculture/Fisheries Development Assessment (GRADA-FIL) related to common gender barriers that may be at play at research sites where Fish Innovation Lab activities are being conducted.
The Learning Agenda Meeting: Providing Innovation Through Collaboration
The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish recently hosted their third set of online Learning Agenda Meetings. The Learning Agenda helps the lab accomplish its goals by providing a forum for the research teams to share what they have learned…
Investigating Oysters’ Dietary Potential and Risks for Ghana’s Shellfishers
Oysters are an excellent source of iron and zinc, and women in low- and middle-income countries are often deficient in these two essential micronutrients. The Fish Innovation Lab project, called “Micronutrient Impact of Oysters in the Diet of Women…
Fisheries Need Stronger Role in Food Policy and Food Security Planning
Fish Innovation Lab Deputy Director Elin Torell joins "The Leading Voices in Food" podcast at Duke University's World Food Policy Center to discuss the importance of recognizing fish in international food policy and development funding.