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FAO highlights genetic improvements potential within aquaculture
23.08.2019 16:04 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
Wider, appropriate and long-term application of genetic improvement within aquaculture, with a focus on selective breeding, will significantly boost the foods’ output to meet an expected world demand boost for fish and fish products with relatively little extra feed, land, water and other inputs,
FAO says referring to its new
report titled The State of the World Aquatic Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.
It is to be admitted, the FAO report tells about the world use of aquatic genetic resources both within capture fisheries and within aquaculture, within areas under national jurisdiction. The first-ever global report of its kind is based on information provided by 92 countries, together representing 96% of global aquaculture output and over 80% of capture fisheries’ output.
«I strongly welcome this report which is the fruit of a multi-year, country-driven process of data collection and analysis. It highlights the pressures that a growing demand for fish and fish products will place on farmed species, their wild relatives, and the habitats they depend on, as well as the opportunities for sustainable growth. This is why it is crucial that we safeguard, manage and further develop the planet’s aquatic genetic resources, allowing organisms to grow, to adapt to natural and human-induced impacts such as climate change, to resist diseases and parasites, and to continue to evolve to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and our continued fight for a Zero Hunger world,» FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu has admitted while commenting on the report.
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