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In Serera Kebele, in Doyogena district of the Central Ethiopia Region, Abebe explains “It started with a mindset shift, seeing two sheep not as animals, but as a start of a business."

Timor-Leste is eating more fish than ever before. The country’s first national survey on fish consumption shows people now eat an average of 8.7 kilograms per person per year, up from an estimated 6.1 kilograms* in 2011.

Anchovy, locally known as dagaa, sits at the heart of Zanzibar’s fisheries, diets and livelihoods. These small fish are rich in essential micronutrients and widely consumed across the archipelago, making them a vital source of affordable nutrition, particularly for low-income households.

In Zanzibar, small-scale fishers are entering the digital era. Previously reliant on delayed reports from handwritten logs, they now benefit from near real-time information processed and displayed on decision dashboards. These tools are reshaping how marine resources are monitored, managed, and conserved.

Aquaculture is at the forefront of global calls to transform food systems to make them healthier, more sustainable and fairer.

Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) is increasingly recognised as an approach that can strengthen the sustainability of aquaculture systems. By combining species from different trophic levels, such as fish, shellfish and seaweed, IMTA makes better use of resources, reduces waste and supports more resilient production systems.

The next livestock disease outbreak rarely announces itself. It begins quietly: a sick animal at a market, a delayed vaccination, a weather shift that changes where disease-carrying vectors thrive.

Pastoralist communities in Ethiopia are redefining climate resilience through locally developed practices in animal health, grazing, and forage management. Recognizing and amplifying these local knowledge and solutions can help modify approaches towards pastoral resilience.