Climate change and aquatic animal disease

More than 4.5 billion people receive at least 15% of their average per capita intake of animal protein from fish. Fish is therefore a key element in food security and human nutrition. Analysis of future fish supplydemand scenarios suggest that farming of fish and other aquatic products will need to double production by 2030 to meet growing demand. About half of the demand for these foods is now met by aquaculture and Asia accounts for the bulk (90%) of the global aquaculture production of 66 million tonnes. However, aquaculture operations in the tropics experience higher cumulative mortalities and faster progression of diseases and this could be exacerbated by climate change leading to selection of virulent pathogens that have the potential to spread. This can result in the introduction and spread of more virulent pathogens to natural fisheries and aquaculture landscapes, threatening a significant part of the global supply of nutritious animal foods. Understanding the interaction between climate sensitive aquaculture landscapes along with their aquatic hosts and climate sensitive aquatic animal diseases, mapping of potential risks, and identification of suitable adaptation/mitigation intervention strategies should be the focus of research and development, if we are to meet the future seafood demand for 9 billion people by 2050. There is paucity of information as to how aquatic animal disease outbreak dynamics are mediated by climate driven changes and what impact this will have on the future of aquaculture growth in the world, especially in Asia and Africa. We propose the following policy and research related recommendations for consideration

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR): A major challenge for the aquaculture industry in Bangladesh

This fact sheet is to provide up-to-date information supported by scientific evidence on the importance of antimicrobial use (AMU) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in aquatic food systems of Bangladesh to support all relevant stakeholders to engage in interventions and actions to minimize AMU and promote One Health initiatives through responsible and sustainable aquaculture practices

Aquatic food systems and antimicrobial use in Bangladesh: A One Health perspective

This scoping review is one of the deliverables of the antimicrobial resistance work package of the CGIAR Initiative on One Health. It reviews past literature and projects on antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance in the aquatic food systems of Bangladesh from a One Health perspective. The purpose of this review is to gain a better understanding of the challenges of antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance in the prevailing aquatic food production systems in Bangladesh using a One Health approach. The review also sheds light on past and ongoing initiatives led by government agencies, non-governmental organizations and collaborative research partners to reduce the burden of antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance in aquaculture in Bangladesh

Promoting the importance of aquatic foods on human nutrition and public health under APART in Assam

One of the key activities (Deliverable 7) under the APART project is “Improving impact of aquaculture and beel fisheries on human Nutrition”. WorldFish with partners is supporting the implementation of this activity. This consolidated report summarizes all the work done by WorldFish and partners as part of deliverable 7. The project has developed and tested several Social Behavioural Change Communication (SBCC) resources (e.g. banners, leaflets, brochures, calendars, TV spots, and videos) to promote the consumption of aquatic foods by vulnerable communities, PLM, adolescent girls, and children by targeting relevant stakeholders (e.g. Integrated Child Development Services programs, District Social Welfare (DSW) field functionaries, Anganwadi workers, Village communities, primary health centres, and the general public). We have trained 597 trainers to spread the message on the role of aquatic foods. We conducted 36 cluster-level awareness programs where 1994 numbers of women, adolescent girls and community people were given information on the benefits of fish consumption. We also organised 2 zonal workshops and 1 statelevel workshop for different stakeholders to build awareness of the importance of aquatic foods. Based on the demonstrations at the community level, the project documented all the small fish-based recipes cooked locally at the community level and produced a Small Fish Recipes book

A review of inclusive business models and their application in aquaculture development

For aquaculture to continue along its current growth trajectory and contribute towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, value chains must become more inclusive. Smallholders and other local value chain actors are often constrained by circumstances and market failures in the global aquaculture industry. Integrating these actors into aquaculture value chains through inclusive business models (IBMs) is often touted as a solution to sustainable and ethical trade and business that can generate development outcomes. We reviewed 36 papers under seven business models commonly used in agriculture development to assess their application in aquaculture value chains in lower‐income countries. A global value chain (GVC) analysis is used to unpack the economic and social upgrading objectives of the different IBMs, as well as the types of relational coordination used between actors in the chain to achieve development outcomes. The extent to which these IBMs helped poor actors overcome certain barriers is evaluated with a focus on how they may ensure or be a risk to inclusiveness through the relations and upgrading opportunities evident in their make‐up. The analysis found that the majority of the models focused on economic upgrading over social upgrading. Providing opportunities for the latter is key to achieving the inclusive objectives of IBMs. Greater horizontal coordination between actors can create further opportunities for economic upgrading established under vertical coordination with other nodes upstream and downstream in a value chain. There is a need to further contextualize these models to aquaculture systems and develop clear indicators of inclusiveness