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Improving access to aquatic foods

Food systems must transform to provide undernourished people with greater access to nutrient-rich foods. While there has been a push to increase volumes of food production, too little attention has been paid to the factors that enable access to nutritious aquatic foods.

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Byrd, K.A., Cohen, P.J., Wesana, J. et al. Improving access to aquatic foods. Nat Food 3, 986–987 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-022-00669-7

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