Integrated Farming Systems: Climate-Resilient Sustainable Food Production System in the Indian Himalayan Region

Aquaponics is an eco-friendly system for food production utilizing aquaculture and hydroponics to cultivate fish and crop without soil. It is an inexpensive symbiotic cycle between the fish and plant. In an aquaponic system, fish waste (ammonia) is fed into the plant bed which acts as a bio-filter and takes the nitrate which is essential to grow vegetation. The fresh new water is then returned to the fish enclosure to restart the cycle. A unique advantage of an aquaponic system is conserving water more effectively compared to traditional irrigation systems. Conservation of water is accomplished by recirculating water between the plant bed and the fish habitat continuously. Organic fertilization of plants using dissolved fish waste is the other benefit of aquaponics. Utilizing plants as a natural alternative to other filters, requires less monitoring of water quality. In our project, an aquaponics system was designed and built in Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies at California State Polytechnic University of Pomona. The future purpose of our project is finding an optimized situation for the aquaponics system to produce food and save water more efficiently and eco-friendly.

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The Role of Bahrain Local Food Production System in Ensuring Sustainable Food Security

Sustainable Food Security in the Era of Local and Global Environmental Change ◽

10.1007/978-94-007-6719-5_11 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 175-185

Author(s):

Salma Saeed Ahmed Bani

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Production System ◽

Food Production ◽

Local Food ◽

Sustainable Food ◽

Local Food Production ◽

Food Production System

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Strategy for the Sustainability of a Food Production System for the Prosperity of Low-Income Populations in an Emerging Country: Twenty Years of Experience of the Peruvian Poultry Association

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su10114035 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (11) ◽

pp. 4035 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Alejandro Fontana ◽

Ignacio de los Ríos Carmenado ◽

Johan Villanueva-Penedo ◽

José Ulloa-Salazar ◽

Denisse Santander-Peralta

Keyword(s):

Low Income ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Production System ◽

Food Production ◽

Production Systems ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Three Dimensions ◽

Sustainable Food ◽

Emerging Country ◽

Food Production System

This research shows a business initiative that has been able to integrate into an environmentally sustainable food production system, such as poultry farming, a positive impact on food security and public health patterns of low-income populations in an emerging country. For a process that took 20 years, the adopted strategy has become a positive experience of sustainability and prosperity in low-income populations in Peru. The objective of the research is to conceptualize and identify the key elements of this experience so that its replication in other food production systems to impact favorably the prosperity of such vulnerable population. The Working With People (WWP) model, a validated methodology for analyzing the sustainability and prosperity of rural areas in Europe, is used for the analysis of this experience. The analysis shows that the presence of the three dimensions of this model (political-contextual, technical-business, and ethical-social) ensure the sustainability of a food production system that has an impact on the prosperity of low-income populations in emerging countries. This balance is important to enrich the connections between sustainability and prosperity, with other concepts such as core values in companies, public-private cooperation, food safety, inclusion and consumption patterns.

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Reconnecting Rural Native Hawaiian Families to Food through Aquaponics

Genealogy ◽

10.3390/genealogy4010009 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 9

Author(s):

Jazmine Kaleihua Beebe ◽

Yvette Amshoff ◽

Ilima Ho-Lastimosa ◽

Ghazaleh Moayedi ◽

Asha L.C. Bradley ◽

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Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Food Production ◽

Native Hawaiian ◽

Food Sovereignty ◽

Maintenance Cost ◽

Community Partner ◽

Sustainable Food ◽

Community Connectedness ◽

Sustainable Food Production ◽

Food Production System

Food insecurity is a pressing issue in Hawai‘i as the vast majority of available and accessible foods are imported. To address this issue, a backyard aquaponics program was implemented from 2010 to 2016 to offer additional avenues to food sovereignty in a rural predominantly Native Hawaiian community. Aquaponics provides a contained and sustainable food production system that models Native Hawaiian principles of land and water stewardship. The purpose of this community-engaged study was to identify the outcomes and resources needed to continue sustaining the backyard aquaponics systems. The researchers began building a relationship with the community by helping to build several aquaponics systems. The researchers and community partner co-developed the interview questions and participants were interviewed in-person. The outcomes of the study revealed multiple benefits of having a backyard aquaponics system, including increased access to vegetables and fruit, improved diet, low maintenance cost, and enhanced family and community connectedness. Participants reported a renewed connection to Native Hawaiian values, especially land stewardship. Challenges included leaks and breakages with the system, overproduction of fish, complications in water temperature, and vulnerability to unpredictable weather. These findings suggest that backyard aquaponics systems have the potential to provide multiple benefits including alleviating barriers related to food security.

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Farming systems for increased and sustainable food production for our increasing population

Journal of the Ghana Science Association ◽

10.4314/jgsa.v1i1.17948 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

Author(s):

EV Doku

Keyword(s):

Food Production ◽

Farming Systems ◽

Sustainable Food ◽

Sustainable Food Production

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Development of a Visual Servo System for Robotic Fruit Harvesting

AgriEngineering ◽

10.3390/agriengineering3040053 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

pp. 840-852

Author(s):

Duke M. Bulanon ◽

Colton Burr ◽

Marina DeVlieg ◽

Trevor Braddock ◽

Brice Allen

Keyword(s):

Production System ◽

Food Production ◽

Degrees Of Freedom ◽

Servo System ◽

Visual Servo ◽

Depth Sensor ◽

Sustainable Food ◽

Six Degrees Of Freedom ◽

And Performance ◽

Food Production System

One of the challenges in the future of food production, amidst increasing population and decreasing resources, is developing a sustainable food production system. It is anticipated that robotics will play a significant role in maintaining the food production system, specifically in labor-intensive operations. Therefore, the main goal of this project is to develop a robotic fruit harvesting system, initially focused on the harvesting of apples. The robotic harvesting system is composed of a six-degrees-of-freedom (DOF) robotic manipulator, a two-fingered gripper, a color camera, a depth sensor, and a personal computer. This paper details the development and performance of a visual servo system that can be used for fruit harvesting. Initial test evaluations were conducted in an indoor laboratory using plastic fruit and artificial trees. Subsequently, the system was tested outdoors in a commercial fruit orchard. Evaluation parameters included fruit detection performance, response time of the visual servo, and physical time to harvest a fruit. Results of the evaluation showed that the developed visual servo system has the potential to guide the robot for fruit harvesting.

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A global database of diversified farming effects on biodiversity and yield

Scientific Data ◽

10.1038/s41597-021-01000-y ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Sarah K. Jones ◽

Andrea C. Sánchez ◽

Stella D. Juventia ◽

Natalia Estrada-Carmona

Keyword(s):

United Nations ◽

Food Production ◽

Food Systems ◽

Biological Diversity ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Farming Systems ◽

Convention On Biological Diversity ◽

Sustainable Food ◽

Global Database ◽

Diversified Farming Systems

AbstractWith the Convention on Biological Diversity conference (COP15), United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), and United Nations Food Systems Summit, 2021 is a pivotal year for transitioning towards sustainable food systems. Diversified farming systems are key to more sustainable food production. Here we present a global dataset documenting outcomes of diversified farming practices for biodiversity and yields compiled following best standards for systematic review of primary studies and specifically designed for use in meta-analysis. The dataset includes 4076 comparisons of biodiversity outcomes and 1214 of yield in diversified farming systems compared to one of two reference systems. It contains evidence from 48 countries of effects on species from 33 taxonomic orders (spanning insects, plants, birds, mammals, eukaryotes, annelids, fungi, and bacteria) of diversified farming systems producing annual or perennial crops across 12 commodity groups. The dataset presented provides a resource for researchers and practitioners to easily access information on where diversified farming systems effectively contribute to biodiversity and food production outcomes.

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