Tilapia
A new high-yielding species of this popular tropical inland water fish will soon make its appearance in Asia's kitchens. Bred by ICLARM and collaborators in the Philippines and Norway, this strain is faster growing, more robust, and more efficient as a feed/food converter than traditional strains.
To test this new fish variety in different countries that already farm tilapia, and in diverse farming systems, the Asian Development Bank provided a technical assistance grant of US$600,000 to ICLARM for implementing a project on "Dissemination and Evaluation of Genetically Improved Tilapia Species in Asia". Five countries are participating in the project: Bangladesh, China, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. The project became operative in June 1994 and will be implemented over a period of 30 months