The FAO is dedicated to promoting sustainable food production to help ensure the world’s continued ability to feed itself. One of the ways that the FAO hopes to do this is by promoting aquaponics as a viable way to grow plants and produce healthy foods. It’s a system that combines hydroponics (growing without soil) and aquaculture to create a self-contained farming ecosystem. The ammonia generated by farmed fish is converted to nitrate by specialized bacteria, which is then utilized by plants for growth. These systems can produce a variety of different fruits, vegetables and herbs. Go here
Researchers at the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have developed a closed loop water system that grows both fish and vegetables at the same time. They’ve found that by using the waste from the fish as fertilizer for the vegetable growth, they can increase harvests and reduce energy consumption. The study was published in the journal Resources, Conservation & Recycling.
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While aquaponics is an exciting technology, the environment requires careful monitoring to prevent issues such as bacterial infections or pump failures. This can be very time consuming and labor intensive, especially in larger aquaponics farms. The authors of the new study report on a deep learning model that improves hourly forecasting performance for an aquaponics ecosystem and can be used to inform automated processes that reduce manual intervention. The resulting solution is a step closer to realizing the vision of sensor-based autonomous aquaponics handling.
