Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Recycling fish waste and growing plants - Aquaponics

Utilising the effluent from fish farms and feeding it to plants while retreating the water is the basics of aquaponics. Aquaponics is also behind an ambitious project called Apiva it involves the Lycée de la Canourgue college in Lozère, France, ITAVI, CIRAD in Montpellier and Bangkok, and many fish farming professionals.
Aquaponics
CIRAD and its INTREPID Joint Research Unit (Integrated & Ecological Intensification for Sustainable fish Farming), are working on this innovative aquaculture technique that associates aquaculture farms with hydroponics (soil-less cultivation on nutrient solutions), for their mutual benefit.

The initiative is also aimed at developing an innovative research and education platform centering on this new type of integrated aquaculture . A major partnership has also been established between research and development centres, agricultural colleges, French and international universities, firms, professional organisations and representatives of public authorities. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers. To get your copy of 'PPLAPP' click here.
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