WorldFish

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

WorldFish
Formation1975
TypeNonprofit research organization
PurposeResearch
HeadquartersPenang, Malaysia
Region served
Worldwide
Membership
FishBase Consortium
Parent organization
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
Websitewww.worldfishcenter.org
RemarksFormerly the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM).

WorldFish is a member of CGIAR, which unites international organisations engaged in research about food security.[1]

Headquartered in Penang, Malaysia, WorldFish has a presence in 20 countries throughout Africa, Asia and the Pacific. [2]

WorldFish has introduced technologies to ramp up local aquatic food production through a network of partners. Such innovations include the development of genetically improved farmed tilapia (GIFT) and an enhanced strain of Nile tilapia, in support of smallhold aquaculture farmers in the Global South.[3]

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]

Recognition

WorldFish has been recognised for its work in Nile tilapia. WorldFish fisheries scientist Modadugu Vijay Gupta was awarded the World Food Prize for his research on genetically improved farmed tilapia (GIFT) in support of food and nutrition security in food-insecure regions.[4]

Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, a food nutritionist with WorldFish, received the 2021 World Food Prize for her groundbreaking research, critical insights and landmark innovations in developing holistic, nutrition-sensitive approaches to aquaculture and food systems.[5]

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.[6]

References
  1. "Research Centers". CGIAR.
  2. "Strategy 2030". WorldFish.
  3. "Genetically improved farmed tilapia helps address world hunger". Hatchery International. 2017-10-01. Retrieved 2021-05-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "2005: Gupta - The World Food Prize - Improving the Quality, Quantity and Availability of Food in the World". www.worldfoodprize.org. Retrieved 2021-05-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "2021 Thilsted - The World Food Prize". www.worldfoodprize.org. Retrieved 2021-10-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. , Nutrition and Food Systems Report, FAO

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