TCP Changemakers

Thanks to an initial USD 500 000 contribution from FAO’s Technical Cooperation Programme, FAO has secured funding from the EU for a new initiative - NAVAC (New Aquatic Food Value Chains for Sustainable Healthy Diets in Fragile Contexts) which aims to improve the availability of safe and nutritious aquatic food to vulnerable populations.

This five-year project (2025–2030) is fully aligned with FAO’s Strategic Framework and Programme Priority Areas, including Blue Transformation. It will be supported by a € 20 million contribution from the European Union (GCP /GLO/1288/EC). It will be supporting five fisheries and aquaculture value chains in Colombia, Chad, Mauritania, South Sudan & Guinea Bissau and implemented in collaboration with the Technical University of Denmark, a leading EU research center on fisheries/aquaculture product development.

Click here for more details on the project and here for NAVAC Conference project launch video.

Country:

Inter-Regional

TCP title:

New Aquatic Food Value Chains development for sustainable healthy diets for the most vulnerable in fragile contexts (NAVAC)

Formulator:

Manuel Barange, Director/ADG, Fisheries and Aquaculture Division

Team:

Steven Ciocca (Budget Holder); Gilles Van De Walle De Ghelcke (Lead Technical Officer); Jogeir Toppe (Task Force); Omar Riego Penarubia (Task Force); Andrea Zamparelli (Task Force); Bree Romuld (Task Force); Felix Marttin (Task Force); Uwe Voortman (Funding Liaison Officer)