Dried Fish Matters
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 kechki fish (Corica Soborna), a small indigenous fish with high nutrient content, to make Chanacur and Bars, whereas the SAU team uses Panga […]
Alexia Pigeault, student in the International Master of Science in Marine Biological Resources joint European Master’s program (IMBRSea), recently completed her thesis on communication in the Dried Fish Matters project supervised by Prof. Fabiana Li.
Congratulations to Shakuntala Thilsted on winning this year’s Arrell Global Food Innovation Award! The Arrell Global Food Innovation Awards, worth $100,000 each, recognize global excellence in food innovation and community impact. Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted has focused on local, culturally food appropriate system solutions that strengthen the ways communities produce, supply, cook, and eat diverse and nutritious foods.
The Dried Fish Matters project owes a deep debt to World Food Prize 2021 Laureate and DFM Collaborator Shakuntala H. Thilsted, whose pioneering work on dried fish and food & nutrition security has inspired our work in South and South-East Asia.
The latest issue University of Manitoba student newspaper The Manitoban features an interview with DFM Project Director Derek Johnson, who comments on the importance of small/dried fish and how DFM has managed to thrive despite COVID-19 lockdowns.
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Small and low-cost fish, like sardines and mackerel, are recognized as being rich in micronutrients. They play an important role in preventing malnutrition of poor and undernourished people in developing countries. In combination with researchers from four ongoing projects in Africa and Asia, FAO organized a virtual seminar on the contribution of small, low-cost fish to food security on February 15th and 16th, 2021.
The government of Odisha State, India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with WorldFish for a pilot program that will include dried fish in a supplementary nutrition program for children, pregnant and nursing women, and adolescent girls. The MOU also indicates a commitment to provide training to 10 Women Self Help Groups (WSHGs) on […]