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Named the 2021 World Food Prize Laureate, nutrition expert Dr Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted talks about her journey in nourishing millions worldwide.

Fisheries researcher Chin Yee Chan grew up in a Malaysian city surrounded by hills, but now she is helping to conduct foresight research into fisheries: how fish consumption and production trends can predict whether communities will have enough to eat in future.

Good, healthy food: Thilsted holding prepared fish in a market in Cambodia. Her pond polyculture system has helped millions of people worldwide put nutritious food on their plates, earning her the prestigious award. PETALING JAYA: It’s a fishy story but in the best way possible. A fish farming system that has put nutritious food on the plates of millions just earned its inventor the 2021 World Food Prize Laureate award. Nutrition expert Dr Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, a Danish citizen base...

May 11, 2021 Chris Loka - Nyasa Times 2 Comments Small scale farmers in the country need to embrace new agriculture technologies if they are to hit it big in their trade and maximize food production efficiency which is key in the elimination of hunger in the country, Minister of Agriculture, Lobin Lowe, has implored. Lowe made the urge Friday at the Capital Hotel Marque in Lilongwe during a premier of a Kulima documentary titled ‘School Without Walls’ whose chief aim is to promote fa...

Share Zambian President Edgar Lungu has directed the country’s fisheries minister to submit a memorandum on establishing a fisheries and aquaculture development fund in line with Fisheries Act No. 22 – nearly 14 years since it was first introduced. The fund was initially proposed in 2007 when the Zambian government passed the Fisheries (Amendment) Act that focused on enhancing the involvement of riparian communities in fisheries management. The move was meant to promote the development of...

Agro-based entrepreneurs getting support from US volunteer experts Agro-processing sector needs a governing body to represent its interests. Photo: Collected Star Digital Report Star Digital Report Engagement of volunteer experts from USA with Bangladeshs agro-based entrepreneurs has initiated USD 42,000 investments in improving food-safety in relevant industries since 2018. Access to market and gross sales of these entrepreneurs have also increased u...

— As center receives praises at National Agricultural Fair Stakeholders in the agriculture sector last week converged at the Central Agricultural Research Institute (CARI) in Suakoko, Bong County, at the National Agriculture Fair where farmers from across the country displayed their produce. Also on display were appreciable levels of value addition made from what the farmers producing. The fair also unveiled honest efforts that farmers are making despite the enormous constraints they encounte...

Dr. Harold Roy-Macauley listens to one of AfricaRice’s experts explaining about the mechanization component of the organization’s work in the country The Director-General of the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), Harold Roy-Macauley has completed a visit at the European Union-funded integrated rice and fish farming project under the Development of Smart Innovation through Research in Agriculture (DeSIRA) at the Central Agriculture Research Institute (CARI) in Suakoko, Bong County. Mr. Roy-Mac...