News Overview

Fisheries and aquaculture are widely recognised for their contribution to food security, nutrition and livelihoods across Africa.

Aquaculture is an important part of Zambia’s national strategy to improve food security, alleviate rural poverty, and build a sustainable blue economy.

In the Sundarbans, where the Raimangal River winds through the world’s largest contiguous mangrove forest, a fisher couple steers a small wooden boat through narrow tidal creeks, setting baited drop-hook lines known locally as don, often within Bengal tiger territory.

Research matters when people use it. A finding that could make food safer or help a family climb out of poverty is worth more when it shapes people’s decisions. So how do you know whether your research is being used and how well? At first glance, the answer looks simple: did the research inform a decision, and for how many people?

When heavy rains hit parts of Timor-Leste’s Aileu municipality, farmers like Angela Mesquita and Maria Gusmão spend long hours monitoring fish ponds to prevent floodwaters from washing fish away.

Farmers from Baringo set out to learn how to manage their livestock better. They returned convinced that transforming their flocks begins with breeding, and that better genetics and better management must go together.

Community-led conservation continues to show significant promise for protecting marine megafauna in the Bay of Bengal, particularly sea turtles.

In the steep hills of Vietnam’s Northwest Highlands, livestock are far more than animals. Cattle, buffalo, and pigs are savings accounts, sources of food, and vital contributors to household resilience – especially for ethnic minority communities living in remote upland areas. Yet for decades, livestock productivity in this region has been constrained by a familiar challenge: not enough good-quality feed, especially during the long dry season