CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-Food Systems - FISH

Overview: FP1-1.001 - Faster-growing and resilient tilapia and carp strains

FP1-1.004 - FP1-1.002


Leader: Matthew Gray Hamilton, WorldFish - WorldFish
Coleader: Trong Quoc Trinh, WorldFish - WorldFish

Team members: 3
Partner organizations: 4

Budget 2026
USD : 0

Outputs: 12

  Activity/Product Description
    
Successively improved strains of fish provide for increased production and improved profitability when disseminated in farm systems. The next generations of GIFT tilapia produced in Malaysia and the Abbassa tilapia produced in Egypt will be faster growing than previous generations. Tests will be carried out to determine the level of improvement. Production of the first selected generation of silver carp is a key milestone for this species in Bangladesh. Furthermore, analysis of data from past experiments on genotype by environment interactions will provide insights into the performance of carp and tilapia in different environments. In carp this will examine the performance of fish in monoculture and polyculture (i.e. environments). In tilapia the performance of the GIFT strain will be assessed in aerated and non-aerated environments. Since many small holder farmers in Africa and south Asia have no access to aeration it is important to establish the performance of GIFT in un-aerated circumstances. In each of these cases the improvements are a step towards producing technologies that help achieve sustainable intensification of aquaculture production. They will assist in generating increased productivity, income, employment, food and nutrition security, while decreasing environmental impact.
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  Outputs
    
Code Type Output Name Leader Co-leader Deliverables Commodity View
FP1-1.001.Abbassa Next generation of ABBASSA produced (>100 families) Trong Quoc Trinh John Benzie 11 Fish
FP1-1.001.CARP_PERFORMANCE Performance assessment of carp under different culture systems Matthew Gray Hamilton John Benzie 9 Fish
FP1-1.001.Catla_G1 Next generation (G1) of catla produced Matthew Gray Hamilton John Benzie 1 Fish
FP1-1.001.GIFT Next generation of GIFT produced (>100 families) Trong Quoc Trinh John Benzie 6 Fish
FP1-1.001.GIFT_Aeration Performance assessment of GIFT under different aeration regimes Hans Komen Trong Quoc Trinh 0 Fish
FP1-1.001.GIFT_G17_Penang GIFT generation 17 produced Trong Quoc Trinh John Benzie 1 Fish
FP1-1.001.GIFT_Vietnam Re-creation of generation 17 of improved GIFT Vietnam strain Trong Quoc Trinh 1 Fish
FP1-1.001.New_Carp Next generation of silver carp produced (>100 families) Matthew Gray Hamilton John Benzie 3 Fish
FP1-1.001.Rohu G3 Bangladesh carp genetic improvement: Additional tranche of rohu G3 produced Matthew Gray Hamilton 2 Fish
FP1-1.001.Rohu_G3 Next generation (G3) of rohu produced Matthew Gray Hamilton John Benzie 2 Fish
FP1-1.001.Rohu_selection Analysis of the performance of rohu under different selection conditions Matthew Gray Hamilton John Benzie 1 Fish
FP1-1.001.SOP Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Carp and Tilapia produced Trong Quoc Trinh Matthew Gray Hamilton 7 Fish
  Training
    
Training Type Title Subject From To
Individual Degree Netherlands PhD on Selective breeding for resilience in Tilapia Selective breeding for resilience in Tilapia 2016-09-01 2022-08-31
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