The aquaculture sector in Bangladesh is an important employer and a significant source of foreign exchange. In addition, it contributes significantly to food security due to the role of fish in peoples’ diets, the most ...

USAID_Feed the Future Bangladesh Aquaculture and Nutrition Activity_Year Two Annual Progress Report: October, 2018, – September, 2019

This study was conducted in order to evaluate the potential benefit of Bacillus pumilus and a commercial product (‘Organic Green’^TM) as a probiotic in the culture of the tilapia nilotica. Two doses of B. pumilus ...

The recent growth of Tilapia culture in Taiwan is discussed, describing the species involved. The major cultured tilapias are now all-male hybrids and red tilapias.

What is the outlook for fish in a globalizing food economy, and how will trends in the fish sector affect the poor and the environment during the next two decades? A new book from IFPRI and the WorldFish Center, Fish to ...

Report for Closing the yield gap: increasing survival and production efficiency in smallholder farms of Nile tilapia

Polyculture of tilapias (Oreo¬chromis niloticus and 0. mossambicus/O. niloticus hybrid) with shrimp (Penaeus orientalis) has been investigated several times in China since 1981. The results have caused much debate. ...

Bernadette Fregene is WorldFish’s aquaculture compact leader and a professor of aquaculture and fisheries extension, economics, and marketing at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. Fregene facilitates the delivery of new ...

The Nutritious Pond System has now implemented its activities on the ground for a year. The project is a partnership between a research organization (WorldFish), universities (Wageningen University and Can Tho University), ...

Finding ways to feed a future population of 10 billion people a healthy diet within planetary boundaries has become an urgent global priority. Doing so will require radical transformation of food systems. The Food Systems ...