Research project

Aquaculture’s contribution to food security in the Global South is widely misunderstood. Policy and research often assumes farmed fish are traded internationally, and especially to wealthier import markets. New joint research from the Michigan State University, Wageningen University and Stirling University shows this is an outdated view. »

What choice do farmers have to adopt certification standards? New research from Wageningen University and Research published in the journal Aquaculture shows that they may have very little. Instead it depends on the strategies of buyers.  »

Ambra Tosto is a PhD Candidate at Wageningen University and Research working on the NWO Global Challenges Programme (GCP) project called “Cocoa crop improvement, farms and markets: a science-based approach to sustainably improving farmer food security in West Africa”.  She has written this story of change following the GCP training on November 1, 2017, facilitated by Perspectivity. »

Anneloes Groenenboom is a PhD student in the Laboratory of Genetics, Wageningen University and involved in the NWO Global Challenges Programme (GCP) project called “Zambian traditional fermented foods”.  She has written this Story of change following the GCP training on November 1, 2017, facilitated by Perspectivity. »

Claudia Sevillano is a genetics researcher involved in the NWO Global Challenges Programme (GCP) project called “Locally adapted pork production in Brazil versus the Netherlands”. She has written this story of change following the GCP training on November 1, 2017, facilitated by Perspectivity. »

Dr Getachew Gebru Tegegn, International NLF board member, and the current president of the Ethiopian Society of Animal Production, received a certificate of national recognition for his contribution to the development of the Livestock and fisheries sector in Ethiopia. »