Dried Fish Consumption in Myanmar

DFM and NAG have published results of the first ever dedicated large-scale survey of dried fish consumption habits in Myanmar. This study reveals numerous important insights into role and significance

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Presence of microplastics in two common dried marine fish species from Bangladesh

Microplastics pollution of aquatic environments is a global concern: in 2010, about 275 million tons of plastic products were manufactured throughout the world and significant portions of them ended up

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A social-ecological systems perspective on dried fish value chains

Sisir Pradhan, Prateep Nayak, and Derek Armitage, all from the Faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo, have recently published an article in Current Research in Environmental Sustainability encouraging

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DFM webinar with Amrita Sen

The DFM West Bengal team hosted a webinar with Amrita Sen on the political ecology of the Indian Sundarbans. If you missed it live, the webinar recording is available to

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Blue Justice for small-scale fisheries

Dried Fish Matters has contributed three short videos to the TBTI Blue Justice “virtual tour” for World Fisheries Day 2021. These videos are available to watch now on the TBTI

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DFM at IMBeR

DFM hosted a session on Dried Small Fish at the IMBeR West Pacific Symposium, November 25. Thanks to all who contributed to the session and to all who attended! This

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A Partnership in Numbers

Taking stock of our achievements at the midpoint of the Dried Fish Matters Partnership Grant We have reached the midpoint of our 7-year SSHRC Partnership Grant. In completing our midterm

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Dried fish biscuits and energy bars for Bangladesh

Two research teams in Bangladesh, from Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) and Sher-E-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU), have separately developed Chanacur (popular snacks), Biscuits and energy bars from dried fish. The BAU team use

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Gender relations in dried fish value chains

A recent paper in Maritime Studies by Madu Galappaththi (DFM student), Andrea M. Collins, Derek Armitage, and Prateep Nayak (DFM Co-Investigator) explores gender relations in dried fish value chains through

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Living on the edge

The District Fishermen’s Youth Welfare Association (DFYWA), a civil society member of the Dried Fish Matters partnership, has recently released the report “Living on the edge: Perspectives of the small-scale

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