Published on: April 22, 2022, Submitted by Megi Cullhaj on: April 18, 2022, Reporting year: 2021
WorldFish has signed an agreement with Premium Aquaculture Limited to transfer genetically improved farmed tilapia (GIFT) fry to Nigeria.
GIFT fry packed for transport, Malaysia. Photo by Trong Quoc Trinh, WorldFish
The transfer will kickstart a new domestic industry in Nigeria for tilapia farming leading to improved livelihoods as well as food and nutrition security among the Nigerian population.
WorldFish announced an inclusive legal agreement with Premium Aquaculture Limited (PAL) for the transfer of genetically improved farmed tilapia to Nigeria. This agreement will augur the establishment of a GIFT-based aquaculture industry in Nigeria. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) are collaborating with WorldFish and PAL on this endeavour with the aim of having WorldFish/PAL GIFT tilapia in Nigerian fish markets by late 2023.
1.3.4 - More efficient use of inputs
Policy/Investment Type: Budget or Investment (Amount: 500000$)
Whose policy is fixed? Private Sector
Stage of Maturity: Stage 1 - Research taken up by next user (decision maker or intermediary)
6916-167-41930 - Public sector and/or private sector policies/investments supporting scaling of Fish health, feed and management practices documented in focal and scaling countries in Africa and Asia (Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Timor- Leste, Myanmar, Nigeria)
6933-167-41935 - National institutions and public private sector investments strategies and policies support scaling of FISH integrated sustainable aquaculture technologies to support poor men, women and youth in 10 scaling and focal countries in Africa and Asia (Egypt, Zambia, Nigeria, Malawi, Kenya, India, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste)
6950-167-41940 - National institutions and public private sector investments strategies and policies support scaling of FISH integrated sustainable aquaculture technologies to improve environmental performance in 5 scaling and focal countries in Africa and Asia (Egypt, Nigeria, India, Myanmar, Bangladesh)
This work was undertaken as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-Food Systems (FISH) led by WorldFish. The program is supported by contributors to the CGIAR Trust Fund. Funding support for this work was provided by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Megi Cullhaj
is the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager for
WorldFish and the FISH CRP. She provides support and technical
assistance to projects and to the Fish research program to
plan, design and inform the deployment of a robust MEL system. Megi also
supports the use of the digital platform and Management Information Systems to
facilitate research, knowledge sharing and data management for
a proficient result-based system focus of aquaculture and fisheries.
Some of the
issues Megi cares about are: justice, diversity and
sustainability.
Languages:
Albanian, Italian, English, Spanish, French and Portuguese
Sunil Siriwardena joined WorldFish in August 2015
as the WorldFish Project Manager in Sierra Leone. Currently working as the
WorldFish Programme Coordinator for Nigeria. Sunil is an aquaculture masters
and PhD graduate from Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling,
Scotland, with 40 years’ experience in aquaculture and inland fisheries research
and development programmes. Before joining WorldFish, Sunil was the
International Team Leader and Chief Technical Advisor for two Finnish
Government funded and Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN executed aquaculture
and fisheries development projects in Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia. He has also
worked for research organisations such as NARA (National Aquatic Resources
Research and Development Agency in Sri Lanka) and Institute of Aquaculture,
University of Stirling and as a consultant for UNDP, NACA, and Stirling
Aquaculture. Sunil has experience working in several countries including Sierra Leone, Malawi, Kyrgyzstan,
Bangladesh, Vietnam, Oman, Iraq (worked from Jordan) and Latvia.
Languages: English
Location: Nigeria
