WorldFish

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WorldFish

Formation	1975
Type	Nonprofit research organization
Purpose	Research
Headquarters	Penang, Malaysia
Region served	Worldwide
Membership	FishBase Consortium
Parent organization	Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
Website	www.worldfishcenter.org
Remarks	Formerly the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM).

WorldFish is an international nonprofit research institution that creates, advances and translates scientific research on aquatic food systems into scalable solutions.

WorldFish is a member of the Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers (CGIAR), which unites international organizations engaged in research about food security.^[1]

Headquartered in Penang, Malaysia, WorldFish has a presence in twenty countries throughout Africa, Asia and the Pacific. ^[2]

WorldFish has introduced novel technologies and innovations to ramp up local aquatic food production that are brought to scale through a network of partners. Such innovations include the development of genetically-improved farmed tilapia (GIFT), an enhanced strain of Nile tilapia with improved growth rates, in support of smallholder aquaculture farmers in the Global South.^[3]

WorldFish has been recognized for its work in Nile tilapia, and WorldFish fisheries scientist Dr. Modadugu Vijay Gupta was awarded the World Food Prize for his research on GIFT in support of food and nutrition security in food-insecure regions.^[4]

WorldFish research[]

WorldFish launched a new strategy in 2020 to guide its research for the upcoming decade, marking a transition from fisheries and aquaculture to a more holistic aquatic foods system approach. The institution shifted towards food systems management in order to focus on aquatic food value chains from production through consumption.^[2]

The WorldFish 2030 Research and Innovation Strategy underscores three key research priorities: climate resilience and environmental sustainability, social and economic inclusion and nutrition and public health.^[2]

Impact and innovation[]

WorldFish works with a network of donors and partners to create change for the millions dependent on aquatic foods in the Global South.

Its impacts largely stem from increasing the local production and accessibility of nutrient-rich aquatic foods through novel technologies. WorldFish has worked to breed genetically enhanced fast-growing tilapia (GIFT) varieties to raise productivity and incomes of low-income smallholder farmers. It also works to improve production of key inputs for aquaculture, specifically fish feed and fish fingerlings, and link small-scale aquatic food producers with input and output markets.^[5]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website