Current Program Highlights
ASA/WISHH Partnerships Launch Innovation in Cambodian Aquaculture
Fish farmers and extension agents circled the latest in aquaculture innovations for Cambodia in August at an ASA World Initiative for Soy in Human Health aquaculture field day. The educational event was an aquaculture kicking-the-tires opportunity. While the attendees’ fish
Cambodia’s AgriMaster Feed Mill Sees 10-20% Sales Growth for Aqua Feed
AgriMaster General Manager Rady Chea is projecting a 10-20% increase in demand for the company’s aquaculture feeds in 2023-2024. The Cambodian feed manufacturer and WISHH strategic partner is a U.S. soybean meal buyer for its feeds that are sold throughout
BBC News Features WISHH Partners in Cambodia
BBC News Global News Podcast has highlighted partners of the American Soybean Association’s WISHH program in a report on how sustainable technology improves the lives of Cambodians. The series, Female Founders: Green Tech in the Blue Economy, discusses the solar
In Nigeria WISHH’s 16-Year Partnership Lifts U.S. Soy Trade
Alltech Nutrients Limited, a Nigerian food company, continues to prefer U.S. Soy for quality and innovation thanks to its 16-year partnership with ASA’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health program. Through WISHH’s long-term trade and development partnership, the company
Business Leaders from 3 Continents Form WISHH’s Largest Trade Team of the Summer
Key business representatives from prominent soy food companies and distributors on three continents comprised the largest trade team delegation for ASA’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health Program this year. Company leaders from Latin America, Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa
Youth Lead Aquaculture Toward a Sustainable World
August 12 is International Youth Day. The 2023 theme is Green Skills for Youth: Toward a Sustainable World. David Samveasna applied to work for ASA/WISHH as a result of his concern about Cambodia’s declining populations of wild-caught fish. Then age
ASA/WISHH & USB Support Aquaculture Programs in Africa
See why there is a waiting list for aquaculture trainings offered by ASA’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health program at Flosell Farms in Ghana. In a new video, WISHH highlights why the real-world internship experience is part of
ASA/WISHH’s Eggcellent Protein Progress in Ghana
The results keep growing from the World Initiative for Soy in Human Health Program’s USDA Food for Progress Poultry Project that concluded its activities in Ghana in 2019. Ghanaian poultry farmers, like Mathew Bonso, continue to make progress and recognize the
ASA/WISHH Trade Teams Strengthen Ties to US Soy
The American Soybean Association’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health program led two trade teams across four states this June. Across two trade teams, WISHH partnered with the Kansas Soybean Commission, Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council, and the
ASA’S WISHH Airs Food Security Ads on DC NPR Station
Washington D.C.’s NPR station, WAMU, is airing ASA/WISHH advertisements that inform listeners on how U.S. soybean farmers support WISHH and U.S. soy’s important role in global food security. The six radio ads feature soy as a protein powerhouse. USB is
ASA/WISHH Partner Launches Cambodia’s First Commercial Soy-fed Snakehead Hatchery
ASA/WISHH’s Commercialization of Aquaculture for Sustainable Trade-Cambodia announces a CAST partner has expanded his fish farm to launch Cambodia’s first commercial hatchery to spawn soy-fed striped snakehead fish. Ung Kimly, owner of Sopheak Mongkul Farms, is active in WISHH’s USDA
WISHH Aqua Professionals Graduate in sub-Saharan Africa
WISHH Chair Roberta Simpson-Dolbeare and Treasurer Bob Haselwood honored five young professionals upon their completion of WISHH’s 16-week aquaculture training in Ghana. The May graduates demonstrate how WISHH’s United Soybean Board-supported internship program cultivates innovation and opportunities for the future
West African Poultry Farmer Prefers U.S. Soybean Meal
ASA’s WISHH recognizes May as Trade Month by highlighting its work connecting trade and development with Mathew Bonso, owner of a 50,000-bird flock in Ghana. “I prefer U.S. soy because I learned about its quality through WISHH,” says Bonso. Shortly
ASA/WISHH & USB Partner to Reach Rome-based Global Food Security Leaders
ASA’s WISHH organized meetings with the world’s leading global food security organizations based in Rome where the soy delegation repeatedly received feedback that it was important to have U.S. soybean farmers’ voices and views heard in Rome. WISHH Chair Roberta
New ASA/WISHH Committee Members Highlight World Trade Month
In conjunction with World Trade Month this May, the American Soybean Association has announced two new members have been appointed to its World Initiative for Soy in Human Health program committee. Soybean growers Heather Feuerstein of Belding, Michigan, and Daniel
WISHH Cambodian Aquaculture Project Hosts U.S. Fish Innovation Lab
This week, ASA’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health Program’s Cambodian aquaculture project hosted the U.S. Agency for International Development Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish at Mississippi State University. Mark Lawrence, Ph.D., the program’s director, provides activity
WISHH Cultivates Asian Markets for U.S. Soy
Asian market growth is another reason to celebrate April as Soy Foods Month. ASA/WISHH is building new Asian markets for U.S. identity preserved (IP) food soybeans by leveraging USDA program funding with U.S. soy checkoff investments. As a result, tofu
Innovative Technology Trials Begin in Ghana
This week, ASA’s World initiative for Soy in Human Health program began setting up aeration trials at two commercial aquaculture farms in Ghana. Funded by the Nebraska Soybean Board, the trials are conducted to assess the economic viability of using
WISHH to Sponsor Interns’ Attendance at Aquaculture Ghana Conference
The ASA’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health Program is sponsoring five interns from WISHH partner Flosell Farms to participate in Aquaculture Ghana, an aquaculture industry conference taking place at the World Trade Center in the capital city of
WISHH Partners with SNI Global for Soy Foods Month
ASA’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health Program is collaborating with SNI Global for Soy Foods Month this April. SNI Global recognizes the value of U.S. soy in providing high-quality protein. Some of its content in April discusses the