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A MEMBER OF CGIAR WORK WITH US WorldFish is one of the 15 member organizations At WorldFish, we work with an extensive network of CGIAR, a global agriculture research partnership of donors and partners to create change for the for a food-secure future, and participates in the millions who depend on fish in the developing following CGIAR Research Programs that combine world. Partnerships are essential to bring the expertise of many partner organizations: technologies and innovations to scale and achieve development impact. By 2025, WorldFish, together • Aquatic Agricultural Systems with our donors and partners, will improve the lives • Livestock and Fish of 28 million people. • Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security • Agriculture for Nutrition and Health WorldFish partners with an extensive network • Policies, Institutions and Markets of international, national, regional and local governmental institutions, universities, private sector • Water, Land and Ecosystems organizations and nongovernmental organizations. For donor inquiries, please contact us at: [email protected] For partner inquiries, please contact us at: [email protected] Member Organizations For a full list of job opportunities, please go to: www.worldfishcenter.org/jobs • Africa Rice Center • Bioversity International Connect With Us • Center for International Forestry Research • International Center for Tropical Agriculture www.facebook.com/worldfishcenter • International Center for Agricultural Research in www.twitter.com/worldfishcenter the Dry Areas www.linkedin.com/companyworldfish • International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics • International Food Policy Research Institute • International Institute of Tropical Agriculture To learn more about WorldFish, go to: • International Livestock Research Institute www.worldfishcenter.org • International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center • International Potato Center • International Rice Research Institute • International Water Management Institute • World Agroforestry Centre 100% RECYCLED • WorldFish Paper made from recycled material WHO WE ARE WHERE WE WORK Globally, more than 1 billion people obtain most of Since 1975, WorldFish their animal protein from fish and approximately 800 has been recognized million depend on fisheries and aquaculture for their as a global expert livelihoods. Sustainable, productive fisheries and on fisheries and 1 billion aquaculture improve food and nutrition security, aquaculture. With poor people obtain increase income and improve livelihoods, promote more than 40 years of most of their economic growth and protect our environment and experience working animal-source natural resources. with communities in protein from Our mission Africa, Asia and the fish. WorldFish is an international nonprofit research is to reduce Pacific, WorldFish is organization that harnesses the potential of poverty and hunger deeply committed to fisheries and aquaculture to reduce hunger by improving the millions of poor and poverty. Utilizing its scientific expertise, fisheries and people who rely on fish for food, nutrition and its networks and an innovative “research in income, and is focused on creating a more aquaculture. development” approach, WorldFish increases food-secure and prosperous future for them. the productivity and sustainability of fisheries and aquaculture and improves the lives of poor people who rely on them. OUR RESEARCH AREAS WorldFish Countries At its core, WorldFish is a scientific research organization. WorldFish uses its technical and scientific expertise in fisheries and aquaculture to promote evidence-based development solutions and policy recommendations that help the millions who are dependent on fish. WorldFish focuses its expertise and research in the following areas: • Building adaptive capacity to climate change in fisheries and aquaculture. Nepal • Strengthening gender equality in fish-dependent Sierra Laos communities. Leone India Vietnam • Increasing the benefits to poor people from Ghana fisheries and aquaculture value chains. Timor • Improving nutrition and health through Indonesia Leste fisheries and aquaculture. Vanuatu • Identifying and promoting policies and practices to increase the resilience of small-scale fisheries. • Sustainably increasing the productivity of Headquarters Program Countries small-scale aquaculture. Project and Partner Countries.