Improved tilapia breeding program in Egypt: A year in review

January 2, 2017 Editor 0

Since 2002, WorldFish has run a breeding program in Egypt for a faster-growing strain of Nile tilapia, known as the Abbassa improved strain. The strain was produced using a methodology developed from the WorldFish Genetically Improved Farmed Tilapia (GIFT) breeding program. Dissemination of the Abbassa strain has benefited many farmers in Egypt, the second-largest tilapia-producing […]

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