Better management practices for genetically improved farmed tilapia (GIFT) in Timor-Leste

J. Pant, S.J. Teoh, S. Gomes, C.V. Mohan, A. Dani, L.S. De Jesus, M.K. Shrestha and M. Pereira

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Abstract: Worldwide, the demand for fish continues to grow rapidly. Sustainable intensification and expansion of aquaculture and innovations in fish production systems will be needed to meet this increased demand. Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is the world’s second-most commercially cultured species, after carps. It is a tropical fish suitable for year-round production in Timor-Leste, and Timorese like it because of its taste, versatility and affordability. Genetically improved farmed tilapia (GIFT), which WorldFish has developed through selective breeding, is a fast-growing, hardy and resilient strain of Nile tilapia. Scaling successful GIFT farming technologies in a wider agro-ecological context is crucial for creating lasting impacts on the livelihoods of a large number of resource-poor households across Timor-Leste. This manual is one of the outputs of the Partnership for Aquaculture Development in Timor-Leste (PADTL), a 5-year project (2014–2019) funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT), New Zealand, and implemented jointly by WorldFish and Timor-Leste’s National Directorate of Aquaculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.

Keywords: Aquaculture; Genetics; Fishery management; Tilapia; fish feeding; Fingerlings; fish processing; harvesting; Oreochromis niloticus; Timor-Leste (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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