Editing WorldFish

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The '''International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management''' ('''ICLARM'''), also known as '''WorldFish''', is an international organization working to transform aquatic food systems to reduce hunger, malnutrition, and poverty.

Based in [[Penang|Penang, Malaysia]], WorldFish is a member of [[CGIAR]], which unites international organizations engaged in research about food security<ref name="One CGIAR">{{cite web|url=https://www.cgiar.org/research/research-centers/|title=Research Centers|publisher=CGIAR}}</ref> and has a presence in 20 countries throughout [[Africa]], [[Asia]] and the [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific Region]].<ref name="Strategy">{{cite web|url=https://worldfishcenter.org/strategy-2030/|title=Strategy 2030|publisher=WorldFish}}</ref>

WorldFish has introduced technologies to ramp up local aquatic food production through a network of partners. Such innovations include the development of "genetically improved farmed tilapia" (GIFT) and an enhanced strain of [[Nile tilapia]], in support of [[smallholding|smallhold]] [[aquaculture]] farmers in the [[Global North and Global South|Global South]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-10-01|title=Genetically improved farmed tilapia helps address world hunger|url=https://www.hatcheryinternational.com/genetically-improved-farmed-tilapia-fingerlings-gifted-to-in-1015/|access-date=2021-05-10|website=Hatchery International|language=en-US}}</ref>

==WorldFish research==
In 2020, WorldFish began to transition from fisheries and aquaculture to a more holistic aquatic foods system approach. The institution shifted towards food systems management to focus on aquatic food value chains from production through consumption, with focuses on [[climate resilience]] and [[environmental sustainability]].<ref name=Strategy/>

== Recognition ==
WorldFish has been recognized for its work in Nile tilapia. WorldFish fisheries scientist [[Modadugu Vijay Gupta]] was awarded the [[World Food Prize]] for his research on genetically improved farmed tilapia (GIFT) in support of food and nutrition security in food-insecure regions.<ref name="Gupta">{{Cite web|title=2005: Gupta - The World Food Prize - Improving the Quality, Quantity and Availability of Food in the World|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20002009_laureates/2005_gupta/|access-date=2021-05-08|website=www.worldfoodprize.org|language=en-us}}</ref>

[[Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted]], a food nutritionist with WorldFish, received the 2021 World Food Prize for her groundbreaking research, critical insights, and landmark innovations in developing holistic, nutrition-sensitive approaches to aquaculture and food systems.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=2021 Thilsted - The World Food Prize|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/2021_thilsted/|access-date=2021-10-24|website=www.worldfoodprize.org|language=en-us}}</ref>

==Impact==
WorldFish has worked to breed genetically enhanced fast-growing tilapia (GIFT) varieties to raise the productivity and incomes of low-income smallholder farmers. It also works to improve the production of key inputs for aquaculture, specifically fish feed and fingerlings, and links small-scale aquatic food producers with input and output markets.<ref name="Nutrition and Food Systems">[http://www.fao.org/3/i7846e/i7846e.pdf], Nutrition and Food Systems Report, FAO</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.worldfishcenter.org/}}

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[[Category:International research institutes]]
[[Category:Research institutes in Malaysia]]
[[Category:Fisheries and aquaculture research institutes]]
[[Category:Research institutes established in 1975]]
[[Category:Fisheries conservation organizations]]
[[Category:Environmental organisations based in Malaysia]]