Fish4Thought: Reducing Food Loss and Waste in Aquatic Food Systems: Lessons from Global Case Studies

23 September 2025 – 15.00–16.00 (MYT)

This session, organized in anticipation of the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (29 September) and the upcoming WIOMSA Symposium led by the Asia–Africa BlueTech Superhighway (AABS) project, will explore how global experts are addressing food loss and waste (FLW) in aquatic food systems. Learn how innovations, assessments, and policies are reducing post-harvest losses while strengthening nutrition, resilience, and sustainability worldwide.

Agenda

• Dagaa processing and postharvest innovations from pilots in East Africa
  Aditya Parmar – Scientist, Postharvest Loss and Waste, WorldFish
• Reducing post-harvest fish loss for food and nutrition security in coastal communities (Daram, Philippines)
  Rhea Yray-Frossard – Director, Campaign and Research, Oceana (Philippines)
• Transforming Food and Agriculture through a Systems Approach – introducing FAO’s 2025 publication on integrated strategies for FLW reduction
  Omar Riego Peñarubia – Fishery Officer, FAO
• Food Loss Assessment Methodologies: tools and approaches for measuring aquatic food losses and informing solutions
  Ansen Ward – Fishery Officer & Senior Post-Harvest Fisheries Specialist, FAO
• A practitioner’s guide to assessing and reducing post-harvest food loss in small-scale aquatic food systems
  Abigail Frankfort – Lead, Aquatic Food, World Resources Institute (WRI)

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