Harnessing aquatic foods to tackle multiple global challenges

From
WorldFish
Published on
23.02.23
Impact Area
Big data, Climate adaptation & mitigation, Nutrition, health & food security

The new Blue Food Assessment research compiles and analyzes a variety of current national data to discover the four main functions that aquatic foods may play in improving the performance and sustainability of national food systems. Photo by Dominyk Lever.

Policymakers addressing food system challenges now have access to new analyses and online tools that demonstrate the role of aquatic foods in combating nutrient deficiencies and cardiovascular disease as well as lowering the sector’s climatic and environmental impacts.

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