NutriFish project aims at increasing availability, access & consumption of under-utilized small fishes & fish-based products for sustainable food and nutrition.
Uganda
Joined October 2020
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NutriFish Uganda retweeted
Listen in to a 10-year journey focused on 📈 #FoodSecurity, resilience & #genderequity across Africa by funding applied research to develop & 📈 #sustainable, climate-resilient & gender-responsive innovations for smallholder ag. producers.
📹 bit.ly/3MMhSNd
#ACIARImpact
NutriFish Uganda retweeted
The Nutritional Benefits of Eating Mukene “Omena” (Silverfish) 🐟
Mukene, also known as silverfish, is a tiny but mighty source of nutrition. As a doctor, I can't stress enough how adding this to your diet can benefit your health.
Thread 🧵
NutriFish Uganda retweeted
I had an opportunity to be part of the discussions on #Gender #Inclusivity and #Scalingimpact at the at the #ACAT2023. The #ACAT platform hosted by @aatfafrica promises to scale the impact of #agricultural #technologies in Africa. @IDRC_ESARO
@NutriFish_Ug #cultiAF Prioritizing interventions empowering women in food purchase decisions improves food security in gender- and nutrition-sensitive programs. Details here:doi.org/10.1002/wfp2.12063
@IDRC_ESARO @ACIARAfrica @MakCoNAS @Jefitre1 @wrenmedia_uk
NutriFish Uganda retweeted
"🫘 are there to fight hunger & boost 💸. Before #CultiAF, we begged teachers to grant us grace periods to look for other ways of clearing school fee balances," narrates Jennifer Nakaya, a #farmer from 🇺🇬
Read👉 bit.ly/3twMqM9
#InternationalDayofRuralWomen
#ACIARImpact
UN reports that giving #women the same opportunities as men could 📈 agricultural production by 4% & 📉 the number of malnourished people by 17%!
To mark #InternationalDayOfRuralWomen, we share experiences of 👇remarkable women from 🇺🇬👉 bit.ly/3twMqM9
#ACIARImpact
NutriFish Uganda retweeted
Sunday is #InternationalDayOfRuralWomen
Through the #CultiAF program, #ACIAR & Canada's @IDRC_CRDI have supported research that has ushered in a new era of hope, progress & #sustainability for #ruralwomen in Africa.
Read more bit.ly/46pz0jF
NutriFish Uganda retweeted
What was a key #CultiAF lesson for ⬆️ #productivity & #resilience in Africa?
🔗with the private sector & financial service providers is essential to ensure beneficiaries can access - AND AFFORD - promoted tech & innovations📲
More in the Synthesis Report: bit.ly/3LJJX7d
NutriFish Uganda retweeted
Look at what 10 years of partnership can achieve for policy, private sector, gender, inclusive value chains, food security innovations and financing for equitable, resilient and sustainable food systems! @IDRC_CRDI @ACIARAustralia @jemimah_njuki @wrenmedia_uk @elea_africa
The #CultiAF partnership of @IDRC_CRDI & @ACIARAustralia involved:
7⃣ African countries
1⃣7⃣ research projects
5⃣3⃣ innovations
Over 10 years, CultiAF worked to build farmer resilience, food safety & gender equality 💪
Did it achieve this? The report➡️bit.ly/3LJJX7d
NutriFish Uganda retweeted
What did the #CultiAF program learn about collaborating with the private sector?
⭐️Providing partners with a role from the start encourages ownership & responsibility of project outcomes
⭐️ AND can build in sustainability once the project ends
More here bit.ly/3LJJX7d
NutriFish Uganda retweeted
From the Lab to the world
Our student, #DorothyAkoth, who used the species occurrences which we mobilized & published in @GBIF to assess the extinction risk of 110 non-Haplochromis fishes of Uganda has won GBIF's graduate researcher award🦸♀️
Story: gbif.org/fr/news/6qTuv5Xf1qa…
NutriFish Uganda retweeted
Le #financement a été un défi majeur pour les projets #CultivAF
Les bénéficiaires devaient avoir accès au crédit pour pouvoir se payer les services techniques du projet📳
ET une formation en gestion d'entreprise pour bénéficier d'un prêt
bit.ly/45dcNE2
NutriFish Uganda retweeted
In 🇪🇹 🇰🇪 🇲🇼 🇲🇿 🇺🇬 🇿🇲& 🇿🇼 @ACIARAustralia & @IDRC_CRDI supported innovations that:
🦾empowered🚺& ♂️
📈uptake of #climate-smart agricultural tech
📈human & livestock #nutrition
📈#FoodSecurity & safety standards
🧲public & private sector💸 in #agribusiness
bit.ly/46f1H2r
NutriFish Uganda retweeted
#Financing was a key challenge for #CultiAF projects
Beneficiaries needed access to credit to afford project tech📳
AND training in business skills to be considered for loans
Other key learnings? Follow the🔗bit.ly/3LJJX7d
NutriFish Uganda retweeted
Small 🐟, locally known as Mukene, in 🇺🇬, has translated to significant ripple effects in #FoodSecurity & #nutrition for children under 5⃣ years & nursing mothers', courtesy of @ACIARAustralia & @IDRC_CRDI's funding.
#Read 👉 bit.ly/3PiT9Ax
@NutriFish_Ug
#ACIARImpact
NutriFish Uganda retweeted
The power of under utilised small silver fish in the fight against malnutrition. Follow @IDRC_CRDI @ACIARAustralia @NutriFish_Ug
In 🇺🇬, nutritional deficiencies are widespread, particularly among women & children <5.
A solution lies in silver🐟 & @ACIARAustralia & @IDRC_CRDI's funding of the NUTRIFISH project contributes to #sustainable #Food& #nutrition security, + 📈livelihoods👉
bit.ly/3PiT9Ax
@NutriFish_Ug #CultiAF project team visited the VC @Makerere to share with him project achievements. The VC gave the team very good advice on how to scale-up project innovations and commercialize the fish-enriched products. @IDRC_ESARO @ACIARAfrica @MakCoNAS @Jefitre1
NutriFish Uganda retweeted
We appreciate the EU, @MAAIF_Uganda @Makerere
for training our people in aquaculture. This will greatly enhance their skills and improve productivity as well as revenue for our people and the Town Council - Ms. Adoch Flora, Assistant Town Clerk, Gulu City.
@EUinUG @Jefitre1
NutriFish Uganda retweeted
Mak-PESCA Trainings in Aquaculture: Dr G. Bankia training farmers in Arua District on ways of establishing a commercially viable aquaculture enterprise. The trainings are meant to skill farmers in all regions for enhanced aquaculture production in Uganda. @MAAIF_Uganda @EUinUG
NutriFish Uganda retweeted
Award Winners of different categories for @SFAAwards held on 30th June 23
@YaleloUganda @NutriFish_Ug @nafirri @giz @UfpeaUg @JoyceNyeko @katosiwomen @mukasaerisa @kalangalayouthp @ArenaRecycling
#SFAAwards23
