Aquaponics production of catfish and pumpkin: Comparison with conventional production systems
| Autor: | Joshua A Umaru, Mhd Ikhwanuddin, A. Hassan, Chukwumeka Onwuka Martins, S.O. Olufeagba, Korede Isaiah Alabi, Shola Gabriel Solomon, Sunday Abraham Oladimeji, Ambok Bolong Abol-Munafi, Victor Tosin Okomoda |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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lcsh:TX341-641 Agricultural engineering 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Aquaculture Clarias gariepinus Production (economics) Aquaponics 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Original Research Telfairia occidentalis business.industry hydroponics 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Hydroponics aquaculture 040102 fisheries Food processing 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Food systems Environmental science Water quality business lcsh:Nutrition. Foods and food supply Food Science |
| Zdroj: | Food Science & Nutrition, Vol 8, Iss 5, Pp 2307-2315 (2020) Food Science & Nutrition, 8(5):2307-2315 Food Science & Nutrition |
| ISSN: | 2048-7177 |
| Popis: | Aquaponics is known to be a smart way of producing fish and crops simultaneously; however, there is a paucity of information about the extents of this system's efficiency over other conventional methods of food production. Thus, this study was designed to evaluate the performance of a catfish–pumpkin aquaponics system in comparison with recirculatory and static aquaculture systems (for fish performance), as well as irrigated and nonirrigated systems (for pumpkin performance). Results obtained showed that the production of fish in the aquaponics system was 29% and 75% more efficient than recirculatory and static aquaculture systems, respectively. The survival of the fish was also significantly improved probably due to better water quality in the aquaponics system. With respect to pumpkin production, yield in the aquaponics system was about five times the performance in irrigated land and eleven times those in nonirrigated land. This study gives definitive evidence to support the efficiency of the aquaponics system over other conventional food production methods. Aquaponics system was 29% and 75% more efficient than recirculatory and static aquaculture systems, respectively. Pumpkin yield in the aquaponics system was about five times the performance in irrigated land. Pumpkin yield in the aquaponics system was about eleven times the performance in nonirrigated land. |
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