Press Release: Timor-Leste’s 2nd public-private-partnership tilapia hatchery opens in Lautem

Abstract

The second public-private partnership (PPP) Genetically Improved Farmed Tilapia (GIFT) hatchery has opened in Parlamento, Lautem, providing a significant boost to Timor-Leste’s emerging aquaculture sector and bolstering the country’s production of fish in the face of COVID-19. The hatchery was co-funded by the PADTL2 project and Black Bird Unipessoal Lda, who is operating the hatchery with six staff and technical support from the government and WorldFish through the CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-Food Systems.