New fast-growing tilapia strains help improve income and nutrition in Africa AFRICAN fish farmers are benefiting from improved livelihoods and a better food security status,thanks to the introduction of two strains of improved Nile tilapia in Egypt and Ghana. This follows 10 years of breeding research,culminating in the introduction of the Abbasa strain of the Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in Egypt.The species is indigenous to New fast-growing tilapia help help improve income and nutrition in Africa AFRICAN fish farmers are benefiting from improved livelihoods and a better food security status, thanks to the introduction of two Lines of improved Nile tilapia in Egypt and Ghana. This follows 10 years of breeding research, culminating in the introduction of the Abbasa strain of the Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in Egypt. The species is indigenous to