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The 2021 World Food Prize recognizes that fish are key for reducing hunger and malnutrition

  • Written by Ben Belton, Associate Professor of International Development, Michigan State University
The 2021 World Food Prize recognizes that fish are key for reducing hunger and malnutritionNutrient-rich small fish harvested from a rice field in Bangladesh.Ben Belton, CC BY-ND

Fish and other aquatic foods are integral to diets for more than 1 billion people worldwide. Most of these people live in low- and middle-income countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, close to rivers, lakes or the sea.

In these regions, foods like fresh and...

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