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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 āImproving impact
of aquaculture and beel fisheries on human Nutritionā. 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