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 on just six staple crops that account for 75 percent of the world’s plant-derived energy intake. The war in Ukraine has illustrated the risk of […]
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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 with figures that summarize the Karnataka Team’s data while reflecting on the implications of their findings about dried fish processing in the state. Led by […]
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 work in Thailand’s dried fish industry. In his work with women migrants in Samut Sakhon province of Thailand, Lin explored the challenges and aspirations of […]
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 worldwide. This comprehensive paper sheds light on the often-overlooked significance of small-scale fisherfolk and the nutritional richness found in small fish species. Traditionally consumed whole, […]
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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 Day 2023! The full book is freely available in two downloadable sizes at https://tbtiglobal.net/dried-fish-matters-e-book/. We would like to express our deep gratitude to TBTI Global and, […]
Two recent presentations by DFM-supported students, Md Mahfuzar Rahman and Jessie Varquez, at major conferences illuminated critical facets of the dried fish industry. At the American Anthropological Association (AAA) – Canadian Anthropology Society (CASCA) Annual Meeting 2023 in Toronto, Canada, Md Mahfuzar Rahman, a PhD Candidate from the University of Manitoba, addressed a key paradox […]
Migration is a complex journey, encompassing the physical relocation and the transformation of daily habits and dietary preferences. Amidst the intricate web of adjustments that Myanmar migrants navigate upon settling in Thailand, a study by Nang Lun Kham Synt, a DFM-supported Asian Institute Technology (AIT) graduate, sheds light on an unexpected constant in their lives: […]
DFM supported student Myo Zaw Aung’s compelling master’s thesis, completed in 2023 as part of his Master of Science program in Gender and Development Studies at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) under the supervision of Dr. Kyoko Kusakabe, provides a comprehensive insight into the gendered dimensions of Myanmar’s shrimp paste industry. His research sheds […]