project worked with vulnerable fishing families to identify unique problems and develop specific solutions for improving community nutrition.
While researching poverty and food insecurity in Kenya, Andrew Wamukota of Pwani University was rather surprised by what he found. His data showed that the most vulnerable communities living along the Kenyan coast suffered from higher rates of malnutrition and nutrient deficiencies.
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“You would expect that since they have closer access to the sea, they would be able to feed their families with fish they catch, but that wasn’t always the case,” Wamukota said.
That led Wamukota and his project co-lead, Lora Iannotti of Washington University in St. Louis, to SecureFish, a project of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish. The program aims to understand the underlying causes of poor nutrition within vulnerable Kenyan communities and to develop solutions that increase access to and consumption of sustainable f
MSU gets approval to build aquatic food research center in Jackson County
The Northern Gulf Aquatic Food Research Center is designed to help rebuild and strengthen the regionâs seafood industry and economy.
MSU get approve to build aquatic food research center in Jackson County By WLOX Staff | February 17, 2021 at 6:59 AM CST - Updated February 17 at 9:06 AM
JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX) - Mississippi State has received formal approval to build the Northern Gulf Aquatic Food Research Center, a multimillion dollar facility in Ocean Springs and the first of its kind on the Mississippi Coast.
The Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, Jackson County Board of Supervisors and Jackson County Port Authority have formally approved siting the center on four acres in the Sunplex Light Industrial Park, located on Mississippi Highway 57, approximately one mile from Interstate 10 and U.S. Hwy 90.
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