DFM Working Paper – Dried Fish Consumption in Kerala: Patterns, Trends, and Preferences in the Indian Context

Fresh and dried marine fish are deeply ingrained in the culture and traditions of Kerala, a coastal state in southern India. The state’s proximity to the Arabian Sea, along with

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DFM Student Colleen Cranmer attends the SPSAS workshop on Transdisciplinarity for Transformative Change

SPSAS 2024 (Photo credit: Colleen Cranmer) In April 2024, Colleen Cranmer, one of our dedicated researchers and a PhD candidate at the School of International Development and Global Studies, University

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Insights into Non-Communicable Diseases: Book Reveals Emerging Patterns in Bangladesh

DFM co-applicant, Dr. Emdad Haque, is lead editor of a new book titled “RED ALERT! Non-Communicable Diseases, Dietary Habits and Lifestyle in Bangladesh”. The book offers a profound exploration into

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Gendered Economies of Dried Fish in Asia

The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)’s journal Yemaya recently published a summary of highlights of DFM’s participation in the 8th Global Conference on Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries (GAF-8)

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Dried Fish Matters India at INSEE Conference: Navigating Challenges, Embracing Opportunities 

The 12th Biennial Conference of the Indian Society for Ecological Economics (INSEE) recently concluded at BML Munjal University, Haryana. Among the standout contributions was made by the Dried Fish Matters India

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DFM team member Dr. Shakuntala Thilsted on the importance of diversifying staple foods

In an October 23 article in The Telegraph, Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted and Ismahane Elouafi argue for a transformative approach to global food production. The authors point to precarious human dependency

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DFM Working Paper 13 Sheds Light on Karnataka’s Dried Fish Processing Landscape

The recently released Dried Fish Matters (DFM) Working Paper 13, “The Dried Fish Processors of Karnataka,” looks at the dynamics of Karnataka’s dried fish processing industry. The report is rich

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The Dynamics of Migration for Myanmar Women in Thailand’s Dried Fish Industry: A Study by Si Thu Lin

Si Thu Lin, a master’s student at the Asian Institute of Technology, recently completed his program under the supervision of Dr. Kyoko Kusakabe with a study on Myanmar women migrant’s

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DFM contributes to FAO Technical Paper 694 Small fish for food security and nutrition on the global importance of small fish

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’s (FAO) latest Technical Paper, “Small Fish for Food Security and Nutrition,” spotlights the transformative potential of small fish in nourishing populations

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Dried Fish Matters: The e-book

We have the great pleasure of announcing, on behalf of the editors and authors, publication of the full and final version of the first DFM e-book to coincide with World Fisheries

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