Review on Aquaponics Exordium: A Key Towards Sustainable Resource Management

Author: Sayan Mandal, Avik Bhanja, Manas Das, Pijush Payra, Ganga Mandal, Pritish Bera and Basudev Mandal

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Abstract

In China, fish and vegetables were first grown simultaneously 1,500 years ago. This has spread globally. Aquaponics mixes fish and plants for maximum productivity and resource conservation. 1970s: This approach was developed. Aquaponics combines recirculating aquaculture and soilless hydroponics. Aquaponics uses water and nutrients efficiently, reduces or eliminates negative environmental effects, and incorporates living and ecological activities. Aquaculture systems grow plants and fish. This page presents a comprehensive overview of aquaponics, including its origins, two main components (hydroponics and recirculatory aquaculture), benefits, and drawbacks. Aquaponics combines plant and aquatic growth in one system. Population growth, urbanization, industrialization, and other factors boost the need for food. Aquaponics is environmentally good since plants can consume fish excrement (plants). It might ensure long-term food availability. Commercial aquaponics will have problems adapting high-value flowering crops like sweet peppers, tomatoes, or cucumbers due to suboptimal nutrient ratios in the aquaponic solution, particularly the reduced K+ and Ca+. This was discovered in publications looking into challenges. Overall, it was discovered that the function of plant-promoting microbes in nutrient uptake is the most significant aspect of aquaponics that requires further study.

Keywords

Aquaponic, Hydroponic, Recirculatory Aquaculture System, Sustainable

Conclusion

It was an innovative technology with sustainable supplies of food all over the world that, by marginalizing the supply chains, had the potential to advance food security and the pliability of the food system. Aquaponic systems were responsible for this. It is able to produce a high yield with only a minimal addition of nutrients, drastically reducing the amount of nutrients that are discharged and the amount of water that is lost from the aquaculture. In the not-too-distant future, productive research will be required on the hydroponic components, system design, knowledgeable fish selections, the introduction of flowering or fruit plant cultivation, and the incorporation of species of mutually beneficial microorganisms in order to increase the effectiveness of the aquaponic system.

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How to cite this article

Sayan Mandal, Avik Bhanja, Manas Das, Pijush Payra, Ganga Mandal, Pritish Bera and Basudev Mandal (2023). Review on Aquaponics Exordium: A Key Towards Sustainable Resource Management. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 15(2): 561-573.