Aquaponics: A Sustainable Food Production System

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryam Shafahi ◽  
Daniel Woolston
Keyword(s):  
Food Production ◽  
Fish Habitat ◽  
The Other ◽  
Organic Fertilization ◽  
Irrigation Systems ◽  
Fish Waste ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Sustainable Food Production ◽  
Traditional Irrigation ◽  
Food Production System

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.

Perspectives of potassium solubilizing microbes in sustainable food production system: A review

2019 ◽  
Vol 133 ◽  
pp. 146-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annum Sattar ◽  
Muhammad Naveed ◽  
Mohsin Ali ◽  
Zahir A. Zahir ◽  
Sajid M. Nadeem ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Production System ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Sustainable Food Production ◽  
System A ◽  
Food Production System

scholarly journals Reconnecting Rural Native Hawaiian Families to Food through Aquaponics

Genealogy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Jazmine Kaleihua Beebe ◽  
Yvette Amshoff ◽  
Ilima Ho-Lastimosa ◽  
Ghazaleh Moayedi ◽  
Asha L.C. Bradley ◽  
...  
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.

scholarly journals Organic agriculture and sustainable food production system: Main potentials

2011 ◽  
Vol 144 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hossein Azadi ◽  
Sanne Schoonbeek ◽  
Hossein Mahmoudi ◽  
Ben Derudder ◽  
Philippe De Maeyer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Agriculture ◽  
Production System ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Sustainable Food Production ◽  
Food Production System

scholarly journals Actions on sustainable food production and consumption for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. eabc8259
Author(s):  
Izabela Delabre ◽  
Lily O. Rodriguez ◽  
Joanna Miller Smallwood ◽  
Jörn P. W. Scharlemann ◽  
Joseph Alcamo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Production ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Transformative Change ◽  
Political Commitment ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Sustainable Food Production ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Barriers And Opportunities ◽  
Sustainability Standards

Current food production and consumption trends are inconsistent with the Convention on Biological Diversity’s 2050 vision of living in harmony with nature. Here, we examine how, and under what conditions, the post-2020 biodiversity framework can support transformative change in food systems. Our analysis of actions proposed in four science-policy fora reveals that subsidy reform, valuation, food waste reduction, sustainability standards, life cycle assessments, sustainable diets, mainstreaming biodiversity, and strengthening governance can support more sustainable food production and consumption. By considering barriers and opportunities of implementing these actions in Peru and the United Kingdom, we derive potential targets and indicators for the post-2020 biodiversity framework. For targets to support transformation, genuine political commitment, accountability and compliance, and wider enabling conditions and actions by diverse agents are needed to shift food systems onto a sustainable path.

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