Dried Fish MattersDr. Mostafa Ali Reza Hossain – or Ranu, as he was known to many friends – was born on 16th March, 1967 in the district of Chapainawabgonj in Northwest Bangladesh. Mostafa completed a BSc in Fisheries from Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) in 1990, and an MSc and PhD from the University of Stirling, UK, in […]
This April, the SSF community lost a dear friend and colleague, Paul Onyango. Paul was a passionate campaigner for the rights of small-scale fishing communities who believed in the power of “invisible presences” in dealing with poverty. We invite members of the DFM community to celebrate Paul’s memory and commemorate his contributions to the world […]
We are very excited to announce the publication of “Dried fish at the intersection of food science, economy, and culture: A global survey” in the journal Fish and Fisheries. This major literature survey from the Dried Fish Matters project is the result of a collaborative effort to catalogue and analyze more than 1100 publications directly […]
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.