Africa’s Aquatic Foods Deserve a Bigger Place in the Food Systems Conversation

Beneath the surface of Africa's lakes, rivers and coastlines lies one of the continent's most overlooked resources, with the potential to help tackle malnutrition, create jobs and build climate resilience. Fish and other aquatic foods already supply roughly 19 percent of Africa's animal protein and sustain about 6.1 million jobs in fisheries and aquaculture alone, with millions more livelihoods tied to processing, transport and trade.

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