Powerful messages emerged from the pilot event of the Regional Small-Scale Fisheries Governance Training Course for Africa. The quote below is a sobering reflection. “…821 million people across the world—one in nine—still go to bed on an empty stomach each night. Even more—one in three—suffer from some form of malnutrition. Eradicating hunger and malnutrition is one of the great challenges of our time.” - UN World Food Programme