Aquaponics as an Educational Tool

Junge, Ranka; Bulc, Tjaša Griessler; Anseeuw, Dieter; Yıldız, Hijran Yavuzcan; Milliken, Sarah

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-15943-6_22

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“…Combined circular food systemsaquaculture and plant production together in the same systemare entirely new in the perspective of food production techniques and can also be implemented widely in education and knowledge transfer (Junge et al 2019). In Norway, researchers have focused on the development of recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) during the past 30 years, and the production of the most salmonids fingerlings grow in land-based RAS.…”

Section: Education and Knowledge Transfermentioning

confidence: 99%

Urban agriculture as a keystone contribution towards securing sustainable and healthy development for cities in the future

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Research and practice during the last 20 years has shown that urban agriculture can contribute to minimising the effects of climate change by, at the same time, improving quality of life in urban areas. In order to do so most effectively, land use and spatial planning are crucial so as to obtain and maintain a supportive green infrastructure and to secure citizens' healthy living conditions. As people today trend more towards living in green and sustainable city centres that can offer fresh and locally produced food, cities become again places for growing food. The scope of urban agriculture thereby is to establish food production sites within the city's sphere; for example, through building-integrated agriculture including concepts such as aquaponics, indoor agriculture, vertical farming, rooftop production, edible walls, as well as through urban farms, edible landscapes, school gardens and community gardens. Embedded in changing urban food systems, the contribution of urban agriculture to creating sustainable and climate-friendly cities is pivotal as it has the capacity to integrate other resource streams such as water, waste and energy. This article describes some of the current aspects of the circular city debate where urban agriculture is pushing forward the development of material and resource cycling in cities.

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Section: Education and Knowledge Transfermentioning

confidence: 99%

Urban agriculture as a keystone contribution towards securing sustainable and healthy development for cities in the future

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“…98,99,165 Low water use and the possibility to be adopted as a tool to promote educational, cultural, leisure and tourism values, and landscape improvement are positive aspects usually linked to aquaponics systems. 39,105 For biofloc-based production, Belettini et al 166 evaluated the carbon footprint of commercial shrimp production using LCA and showed that electricity is also a key impacting factor in BFT, while feed has a minor impact. Sustainability assessments of FLOCponics systems were not found in the literature.…”

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“…For aquaponics production, studies using LCA have shown that the main environmental impacts of aquaponics are related to infrastructure, electricity and feed 98,99,165 . Low water use and the possibility to be adopted as a tool to promote educational, cultural, leisure and tourism values, and landscape improvement are positive aspects usually linked to aquaponics systems 39,105 . For biofloc‐based production, Belettini et al 166 evaluated the carbon footprint of commercial shrimp production using LCA and showed that electricity is also a key impacting factor in BFT, while feed has a minor impact.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Besides these topics, others relating to and focused on aquaponics production have also been investigated and reviewed. For example, studies on economic viability, 94‐97 sustainability, 98‐100 simulation and predictions through mathematical models, 101‐104 use of aquaponics as an educational tool, 105 applicability of multi‐loop aquaponics systems 106,107 and application of other aquatic animal species 41 are also found in the literature. In most of these papers, it is emphasized that aquaponics systems carry great potential to overcome some of the technical and environmental challenges of the agricultural and aquaculture sector.…”

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confidence: 99%

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FLOCponics: The integration of biofloc technology with plant production

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Lima

David

et al. 2021

Reviews in Aquaculture

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FLOCponics is an alternative type of aquaponics that integrates biofloc technology (BFT) with soilless plant production. The aims of this paper are to present a detailed overview of the FLOCponics system's designs and performance, discuss their sustainability, highlight the current challenges, and give directions for future research. Data sources include papers containing the keywords bioflocs and hydroponics, aquaponics and/or plant production. In view of the small number of publications and the lack of standardization in experimental design and system setup, it was concluded that FLOCponics is still in its initial research stage. With respect to the animal and plant yields in FLOCponics, inconsistent results were found. Some investigations presented better or similar yield results in this system compared to traditional cultures, while others found the opposite. One of the key challenges of using FLOCponics is the effective control of solids. Refining the system's design was the main recommended improvement. Moreover, this paper highlights that the commercial application of FLOCponics will require extensive research that clarifies its technical and economic aspects, originating from experimental or pilot‐scale setups with characteristics similar to commercial production. This review provides and discusses information that can be useful for the effective development of FLOCponics, guiding further research to make FLOCponics commercially feasible and thus contributing to sustainable aquaculture production.

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“…The cities also utilise large quatities of water, create an enormous quantity of waste and pollute the air. Climate changes are predicted to cause more environmental stressors in the future, while we need to intensify food production ( Junge & Graber 2014). The required transition will need increased flexibility of the urban environment, more sustainable use and re-use of natural resources as well as the adaptation of infrastructure systems (Herrera-Gomez et al 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%