aquaponics
Empowering learners and community with sustainable food solutions
Engen is proud to announce the launch of an innovative Aquaponics project at Khanyisa Special School, in collaboration with Green Arch Innovations Pty Ltd. Spearheaded by entrepreneur Luvo Gugwana, Green Arch Innovations’ pioneering initiative introduces a sustainable, climate-smart food production system aimed at enhancing food security, nutritional education, and[...]
Farming in South Africa & Africa: Aquaculture, aquaponics the way forward
by Tisha Steyn A conference on new and advanced techniques in aquaculture, aquaponics, and hydroponics was presented in collaboration with the University of Stellenbosch in Stellenbosch from 22 to 24 November. Henk Stander, Principal Technical Manager at the Department of Aquaculture at the University, highlighted the development of aquaculture.[...]
Healthy bacteria in aquaponics systems can save the world
Healthy living begins with healthy eating. The social media rave about superfoods, warns about allergies that may be caused by poisonous substances, promote eating habits without sugar and starch, rave about the advantages and disadvantages of meat . . . and about organic production. With organic production the bacteria[...]
Aquaponics 6: Get the little things right
In this last part of the series on aquaponics we focus on the little things that can become big things if not attended to. Very often new aquaponic farmers setting out to conquer the world have spent so much time, energy and research on sourcing material and building their[...]
Aquaponics 4 – Building with bacteria
In ProAgri Zambia 32 we focused on two of the main building blocks of an aquaponic system, namely aquaculture (fish) and hydroponics (plants), and we compared it with traditional aquaculture and hydroponics. In this issue we focus on bacteria as the third building block. To recap we shall briefly[...]