WorldFish Bangladesh
Artemia4Bangladesh Project
Profile
The Artemia4Bangladesh Project assists 54 salt farms in the Cox’s Bazar region producing Artemia cysts and biomass integrated with salt production. The project is addressing gender and youth issues, and use of biomass as human food, and has published an Artemia recipe book. The project is innovating with respect to farming systems and integrated livelihoods.
Investment options include:
- Scaling production
- Infrastructure development
- R&D
- Value chain integration
Challenges include:
- Market limitations
- Extreme climate events
- Land access & gender issues
- Rising brine prices
- Laboratory infrastructure
Contact details
Dr Meezanur Rahman
Technical Lead
Artemia4Bangladesh
WorldFish Bangladesh
Apartment A4 and B4
House-03, Road-13, Gulshan-1
Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
Mobile: +88 09 6023 20095
Email: [email protected]
Website
https://worldfishcenter.org/where-we-work/asia/bangladesh