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Let them eat carp: Fish farms are helping to fight hunger

  • Written by Ben Belton, Assistant Professor of International Development, Michigan State University
Farmed fish like these carp now make an important contribution to global food security.Ben Belton, CC BY-ND

Over the past three decades, the global aquaculture industry has risen from obscurity to become a critical source of food for millions of people. In 1990, only 13 percent of world seafood consumption was farmed; by 2014, aquaculture was...

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