Diversifying fish species and sources provide a flexible pathway to food and nutrition security

From
WorldFish
Published on
31.01.23
Impact Area
Nutrition, health & food security

The polyculture of small and large fish species in the homestead ponds in Zambia would offer a direct source of food for household consumption rather than farming tilapia strictly for markets. Photo by Lulu Middleton.

Scientists from the University of Stirling’s Institute of Aquaculture and WorldFish have recently published an open-access paper entitled ‘The role of aquaculture and capture fisheries in meeting food and nutrition security: Testing a nutrition-sensitive pond polyculture intervention in rural Zambia’ in the scientific journal, Foods.