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ProjectStrengthening Biosecurity (Policy and Farm Level) Governance to Deal with Tilapia Lake Virus - TCP/INT/3707 (Phase 1) and TCP/INT/3902 (Phase 2) 2024
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The emergence of tilapia lake virus (TiLV) poses a significant threat to the sustainability of Nile tilapia, the second most farmed finfish species worldwide. Nile tilapia serves as a vital source of accessible animal protein, income for fish farmers and fishers, and contributes substantially to both domestic and export revenues. In 2015, the global production of tilapia, encompassing both aquaculture and capture, reached 6.4 million tonnes, valued at approximately USD 9.8 billion, with international trade amounting to USD 1.8 billion. TiLV has been verified in a number of countries across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. There is a strong possibility that the distribution of the virus extends further than currently acknowledged, posing a substantial threat to tilapia farming on a global scale. Although there are no public health implications associated with this pathogen, there exists a notable danger of TiLV spreading both within and between continents through the transportation of infected live tilapia, particularly in the absence of adequate biosecurity measures. The economic effects of TiLV has had significant consequences in a number of regions. In Israel, the wild catch of tilapia, primarily the Sarotherodon galilaeus species, in the Sea of Galilee saw a substantial decline. From an average of 257 tonnes per year, catch numbers plummeted to a mere 8 tonnes per year in 2008, a decline directly attributed to TiLV-induced disease. In Thailand, TiLV outbreaks in 2015 and 2016 resulted in fish mortality rates ranging from 20 to 90 percent. Records indicate widespread deaths among farmed Nile tilapia and red tilapia hybrids. Countries that cultivate tilapia must remain vigilant and implement suitable risk management strategies, such as improving diagnostic testing for imported stocks and unexplained tilapia mortalities, promptly reporting to biosecurity authorities, conducting active surveillance, launching public information campaigns, and establishing contingency plans. These measures are crucial for mitigating the continued spread and potential socio-economic consequences of this emerging disease. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) plays a pivotal role in preventing the further spread and negative impacts of TiLV while also facilitating communication and dissemination of risks and knowledge on effective aquaculture biosecurity. -
Book (stand-alone)Better management practices for feed production and management of Nile tilapia and milkfish in the Philippines 2018
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No results found.The relationship between feed management practices and the economic efficiency of the farming operation is an important consideration for farmers and provides them with the rationale for choosing one feed management practice over another. It is economically important to optimize feed management practices that impact feed conversion ratio (FCR) and, ultimately, profitability. Amongst others, these include optimizing feeding frequency, ration and rearing temperature. The TCP project undertook to improve feed formulation and feeding strategy for these two species to improve FCR, formulate cost-effective feeds using locally available feed ingredients, improve feeding strategy to reduce FCR, feed wastage and water pollution, and provide guidelines for feed manufacturers and milkfish and Nile tilapia farmers. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO of the UN) undertook the project in collaboration with the Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Department (IFAD) of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in the Philippines. -
ProjectStrengthening Ecowas Capacities for the Promotion of Productive and Sustainable Agriculture in West Africa - GCP/RAF/461/SPA 2021Agriculture is the most crucial sector of the economies of West African countries, as it ensures the food and nutrition security of millions of people. As part of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), adopted in 2003, African heads of state and of government committed to dedicating at least 10 percent of their budgets to agriculture. In this context, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in 2005 drafted its agricultural policy (ECOWAP), which was aimed at encouraging its member states and supporting them in orienting their commercial and macro economic policies towards the acceleration of agricultural development and the reduction of poverty in the region. The project was designed to support the implementation of the CAADP/ECOWAP, both at regional level, through capacity building for ECOWAS in terms of investment programme /project design and management and resource mobilization, and at national level, with support for the operationalization of the National Agriculture Investment Programme (NAIPs) of selected countries.
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