Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted

Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted is the director for the Nutrition, Health and Food Security Impact Area Platform at CGIAR. She was awarded the 2021 World Food Prize for her groundbreaking research, critical insights, and landmark innovations in developing holistic, nutrition-sensitive approaches to aquatic food systems. 
 

A boy shows fish to the photographer after fishermen returned from a trip on their boats, in the small fishing village of Ban Nam Khem, Thailand, on December 9, 2009.
Food

Small Fish: Big Nutritional Impact

by Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, Ben Wismen

Incorporating indigenous small fish into local diets can deliver health benefits to communities facing malnutrition