NutriFish Uganda

NutriFish project aims at increasing availability, access & consumption of under-utilized small fishes & fish-based products for sustainable food and nutrition.

[ACIAR in Africa @ACIARAfrica]

Listen in to a 10-year journey focused on 📈 #FoodSecurity, resilience & #genderequity across Africa by funding applied research to develop & 📈 #sustainable, climate-resilient & gender-responsive innovations for smallholder ag. producers.

📹 https://t.co/Myjh0DfDOB
#ACIARImpact

[Dr Kizza Blair @blair_kizza]

The Nutritional Benefits of Eating Mukene “Omena” (Silverfish) 🐟

Mukene, also known as silverfish, is a tiny but mighty source of nutrition. As a doctor, I can't stress enough how adding this to your diet can benefit your health.

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[Edidah Ampaire @Ampaire15]

I had an opportunity to be part of the discussions on #Gender #Inclusivity and #Scalingimpact at the at the #ACAT2023. The #ACAT platform hosted by @aatfafrica promises to scale the impact of #agricultural #technologies in Africa. @IDRC_ESARO

[NutriFish Uganda @NutriFish_Ug]

@NutriFish_Ug #cultiAF Prioritizing interventions empowering women in food purchase decisions improves food security in gender- and nutrition-sensitive programs. Details here:https://t.co/vV46urpu3E
@IDRC_ESARO @ACIARAfrica @MakCoNAS @Jefitre1 @wrenmedia_uk

[ACIAR in Africa @ACIARAfrica]

"🫘 are there to fight hunger & boost 💸. Before #CultiAF, we begged teachers to grant us grace periods to look for other ways of clearing school fee balances," narrates Jennifer Nakaya, a #farmer from 🇺🇬

Read👉 https://t.co/4DVloCyehq

#InternationalDayofRuralWomen
#ACIARImpact

[ACIAR @ACIARAustralia]

Sunday is #InternationalDayOfRuralWomen

Through the #CultiAF program, #ACIAR & Canada's @IDRC_CRDI have supported research that has ushered in a new era of hope, progress & #sustainability for #ruralwomen in Africa.

Read more https://t.co/cQZy0jv0If

[IDRC in Eastern and Southern Africa @IDRC_ESARO]

What was a key #CultiAF lesson for ⬆️ #productivity & #resilience in Africa?

🔗with the private sector & financial service providers is essential to ensure beneficiaries can access - AND AFFORD - promoted tech & innovations📲
More in the Synthesis Report: https://t.co/6pq5WYde5u

[Mercy Rurii @rurii_mercy]

Look at what 10 years of partnership can achieve for policy, private sector, gender, inclusive value chains, food security innovations and financing for equitable, resilient and sustainable food systems! @IDRC_CRDI @ACIARAustralia @jemimah_njuki @wrenmedia_uk @elea_africa

[IDRC in Eastern and Southern Africa @IDRC_ESARO]

What did the #CultiAF program learn about collaborating with the private sector?

⭐️Providing partners with a role from the start encourages ownership & responsibility of project outcomes

⭐️ AND can build in sustainability once the project ends

More here https://t.co/6pq5WYde5u

[Laban Musinguzi @Labanmusinguzi]

From the Lab to the world

Our student, #DorothyAkoth, who used the species occurrences which we mobilized & published in @GBIF to assess the extinction risk of 110 non-Haplochromis fishes of Uganda has won GBIF's graduate researcher award🦸‍♀️

Story: https://t.co/kusSbomc1Z

[IDRC in Eastern and Southern Africa @IDRC_ESARO]

Le #financement a été un défi majeur pour les projets #CultivAF

Les bénéficiaires devaient avoir accès au crédit pour pouvoir se payer les services techniques du projet📳
ET une formation en gestion d'entreprise pour bénéficier d'un prêt

https://t.co/ZV33VR8wo9

[ACIAR in Africa @ACIARAfrica]

In 🇪🇹 🇰🇪 🇲🇼 🇲🇿 🇺🇬 🇿🇲& 🇿🇼 @ACIARAustralia & @IDRC_CRDI supported innovations that:
🦾empowered🚺& ♂️
📈uptake of #climate-smart agricultural tech
📈human & livestock #nutrition
📈#FoodSecurity & safety standards
🧲public & private sector💸 in #agribusiness

https://t.co/2W0SOjm5GE

[IDRC in Eastern and Southern Africa @IDRC_ESARO]

#Financing was a key challenge for #CultiAF projects

Beneficiaries needed access to credit to afford project tech📳
AND training in business skills to be considered for loans

Other key learnings? Follow the🔗https://t.co/6pq5WYde5u

[ACIAR in Africa @ACIARAfrica]

Small 🐟, locally known as Mukene, in 🇺🇬, has translated to significant ripple effects in #FoodSecurity & #nutrition for children under 5⃣ years & nursing mothers', courtesy of @ACIARAustralia & @IDRC_CRDI's funding.
#Read 👉 https://t.co/MuM6mSsFry

@NutriFish_Ug

#ACIARImpact

[Mercy Rurii @rurii_mercy]

The power of under utilised small silver fish in the fight against malnutrition. Follow @IDRC_CRDI @ACIARAustralia @NutriFish_Ug

[NutriFish Uganda @NutriFish_Ug]

@NutriFish_Ug #CultiAF project team visited the VC @Makerere to share with him project achievements. The VC gave the team very good advice on how to scale-up project innovations and commercialize the fish-enriched products. @IDRC_ESARO @ACIARAfrica @MakCoNAS @Jefitre1

[Makerere University College of Natural Sciences @MakCoNAS]

We appreciate the EU, @MAAIF_Uganda @Makerere
for training our people in aquaculture. This will greatly enhance their skills and improve productivity as well as revenue for our people and the Town Council - Ms. Adoch Flora, Assistant Town Clerk, Gulu City.
@EUinUG @Jefitre1

[Makerere University College of Natural Sciences @MakCoNAS]

Mak-PESCA Trainings in Aquaculture: Dr G. Bankia training farmers in Arua District on ways of establishing a commercially viable aquaculture enterprise. The trainings are meant to skill farmers in all regions for enhanced aquaculture production in Uganda. @MAAIF_Uganda @EUinUG

[NutriFish Uganda @NutriFish_Ug]

@Makerere @MakCoNAS @MAAIF_Uganda @NutrealLimited @nafirri @ZooEntFish @newvisionwire @DailyMonitor @MakerereVC @ProfNawangwe @wrenmedia_uk

[IDRC in Eastern and Southern Africa @IDRC_ESARO]

Congratulations to our partner @NutriFish_Ug on winning a Fisheries Innovation award recently in Uganda.

Learn more about the innovative #CultiAf #fisheries project that led to this award ⬇️ https://t.co/Va1DqquQFq

[Jinja Fish Fest & Sustainable Fisheries Awards @SFAAwards]

*Fisheries Innovations Award Winner @SFAAwards was @NutriFish_Ug
Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉
#SFAAwards23