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WorldFish is an international, nonprofit research organization with headquarters in Penang, Malaysia, and offices in Asia, Africa, and the Pacific. WorldFish’s mission is to harness the potential of fisheries and aquaculture to reduce poverty and hunger in developing countries.〔(WorldFish Center mission ), The Tech Awards article.〕 WorldFish is a member of the Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers (CGIAR), a global agriculture research partnership for a food secure future.〔(WorldFish Center as part of CGIAR ), Institute of Development Studies, WorldFish Center article.〕 Working in partnership with private and public sectors and civil society, WorldFish uses its scientific expertise in fisheries and aquaculture to promote sustainable, evidence-based development solutions and policy recommendations〔(WorldFish Center mission ), GlobalGiving, WorldFish Center overview.〕 that support the Millennium Development Goals.〔(How WorldFish supports U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) ), worldfishcenter.org online pamphlet.〕 All services and solutions developed by the Center are international public goods that are made freely available to all.〔(CGIAR as a Provider of International Public Goods ), cgiar.org pdf document〕 WorldFish has introduced innovative technologies and practices that are brought to scale through a network of partners. The Center works on a breeding program to develop the Abbassa strain of Nile Tilapia that helped increase aquaculture productivity and improve food security for millions of Egyptians.〔(Abbassa strain of Nile Tilapia ), SciDevNet article.〕 In Bangladesh, WorldFish trained and supported thousands of rural farmers by helping them improve the productivity of their homestead ponds and gardens. WorldFish has been recognized with a Tech Museum Award,〔(Tech Museum Award ), Bio-Medicine, Biology Research Tools article.〕 several World Bank Development Marketplace Awards,〔(World Bank Global Development Marketplace awards ), cgiar.org article.〕 and the World Food Prize.〔(World Food Prize winner ), Rediff India Abroad article.〕 ==WorldFish Research== WorldFish is committed to meeting two key development challenges: 1) Improving the livelihoods of those who are poor and vulnerable in places where fisheries and aquaculture can make a difference and 2) achieving large scale, environmentally sustainable, increases in supply and access to fish at affordable prices for poor consumers in developing countries.〔(Welcome to WorldFish ), Article, worldfishcenter.org〕 To meet these challenges WorldFish focuses its expertise and research in the following areas: * Building adaptive capacity to climate change in fisheries and aquaculture * Strengthening gender equality in fish-dependent communities * Increasing the benefits to poor people from fisheries and aquaculture value-chains * Improving nutrition and health through fisheries and aquaculture * Identifying and promoting policies and practices to increase the resilience of small-scale fisheries * Sustainably increasing the productivity of small-scale aquaculture WorldFish is one of the 15 specialized research centers of the Consortium on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR),〔(SEAT Article ), seatglobal.eu〕 and is also an implementing partner for the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS).〔(AAS Zambia ), thefishsite.com, Article〕 This research program aims to reduce poverty and improve food security for people whose livelihoods depend on aquatic agricultural systems.〔(AAS food security ), aas.cgiar.org, Article〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「WorldFish」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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