Research programValue chains and nutrition

Deficiencies of micronutrients and essential fatty acids are widespread among people whose diets are dominated by cereals such as rice, maize and wheat

Challenges •Lack of diversity in cereal-based diets of the poor, particularly of women and children•Post-harvest losses•Fish often not integrated in nutrition strategies•Low fish consumption by people most in need

Lack of diversity in cereal-based diets of the poor Strategies that focus on fortified foods and supplements have seen mixed results due to issues around cost, access and local cultural preferences

Post-harvest losses and wasteGlobally 27–39% of fish caught go to waste (FAO 2011)

Fish often not integrated in nutrition strategies However, an increasing number of countries are recommending minimum levels of regular fish consumption in their national dietary guidelines

Low fish consumption by people most in need Despite the high nutritional value of fish, it is often withheld from the diets of infants and young children

Research needs

• Sustainably increase the production of small indigenous fish to grow this source of nutrients for poor consumers

• Analyze value chains to reduce waste and loss in markets supplying poor consumers

• Identify routes to increase consumption of fish by poor, reproductive-age women and young children

Value chains and nutrition contribute to Sustainable Development Goals

End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture

• Reducing poverty

• Increasing food security

• Gender equality

Cross cutting themes

EntrepreneurshipClimate Change Gender Equity

Research Programs

Value chains and nutrition

Impacts and innovation by 2022: Greater productivity of nutrient-rich small fish 1.2 million households have greater productivity of nutrient-rich small fish from their own ponds or rice field fisheries

Impacts and innovation by 2022: Waste reduction 1 million low-income consumers consuming greater amounts of high-quality, nutritious fish due to reductions in waste and loss, improvements in food safety, and more efficient value chains

Impacts and innovation by 2022: Novel fish-based products Novel fish-based products designed to address nutrient gaps, reaching at least 100,000 low-income women and children in the first 1,000 days of life

Impacts and innovation by 2022: Smallholder participation and poverty impact Improved livelihood opportunities for 2.3 million poor women, men and youth, resulting from increased aquaculture production, value chains enterprises and investments in focal and scaling countries

Impacts and innovation by 2022: Improved child feeding 30% increase in the proportion of mothers in target geographies who report feeding fish to their children in the past week

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