Health & Welfare
Transgenic fish: Risks and benefits
Some transgenic fish – lines of “high-growth” tilapia, salmon and carp – are nearing the stage at which they could be considered for commercial production.
Responsibility
GIFT tilapia raise culture efficiency in Sri Lanka
The wide distribution and ongoing improvement of GIFT tilapia in Sri Lanka is raising living standards and employment for women in rural areas.
Responsibility
Genetic improvement of carp reduces poverty, hunger in Asia
Genetic improvement breeding programs for carp in a number of Asian countries have delivered genetically fast-growing strains to farmers and producers.
Health & Welfare
GIFT tilapia: Technology for successful selected strain continues
Selective breeding across multiple generations of Nile tilapia representing varied geographic populations yielded the “genetically improved farmed tilapia,” or GIFT tilapia, in the late 1990s.