Advancing innovation across the fish processing value chain

FAO

Advancing innovation across the fish processing value chain

Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

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Synopsis (short abstract) Innovation along the value chain is essential for maximizing the potential of fisheries and aquaculture to enhance food security, drive economic growth, and promote environmental sustainability.  At the processing stage, innovations can help preserve quality while adding value by making products more convenient for consumers, reducing post-harvest losses, or utilizing otherwise discarded by-products. They can also enable better storage and help maintain safety.  By training communities in new processing techniques and supplying them with upgraded equipment, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is mainstreaming innovations along the value chain. It has supported projects that help communities raise quality, increase incomes, improve efficiency, and help access higher value markets.   In Tunisia, it helped create a value chain for the non-indigenous blue crab, and in Barbados and Togo it worked with communities turning waste fish into animal feed. 

Statutory body / Meeting title FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI)

https://doi.org/10.4060/cd1413en

Language English

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