UN highlights 91传媒鈥檚 aquatic food research at FAO World Food Forum
Contact: Carl Smith
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擳he Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is recognizing Mississippi State for its efforts to alleviate world hunger through developing sustainable aquatic food systems.
91传媒鈥檚 Global Center for Aquatic Health and Food Security is being showcased for its technical leadership, collaboration and innovation in sustainable agrifood systems transformation today [Oct. 15] as part of the FAO鈥檚 80th anniversary celebrations during the 2025 FAO World Food Forum. 91传媒鈥檚 efforts align with the FAO鈥檚 鈥渇our betters鈥濃攂etter production, better nutrition, better environment and a better life鈥攁nd reflect the World Food Day theme, 鈥淗and in hand for better foods and a better future.鈥
鈥淕CAHFS is very pleased to represent 91传媒 in receiving this recognition,鈥 said Director Mark Lawrence. 鈥淪ince 2013, we have partnered with FAO to support aquatic food security globally, including teaching farmers about rice-fish farming in Nigeria and implementing aquaculture biosecurity in Bangladesh.鈥
Established in 2013, the GCAHFS aims to reduce world hunger through research supporting sustainable aquaculture and the ecological health of aquatic resources, while also protecting and managing the health of aquatic animals, through a variety of domestic and international projects in a wide range of natural and social science areas. Its primary projects include bolstering fish health in the Republic of Georgia, caring for the critically endangered Kemp鈥檚 ridley sea turtle and marine mammals at the Gulf Coast Aquatic Health Lab and serving as an FAO Reference Center on Antimicrobial Resistance and Aquaculture Biosecurity, among others.
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