Pubblicazione scientifica

Aquaponics production of catfish and pumpkin: Comparison with conventional production systems

FILONE TECNOLOGICO	TEMA
economia circolare e sostenibilità

RIASSUNTO

Abstract

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.

DATA

Data di pubblicazione: 08/04/2020

AUTORI

OLADIMEJI SUNDAY ABRAHAM
OKOMODA VICTOR TOSIN
OLUFEAGBA SAMUEL OLABODE
SOLOMON SHOLA GABRIEL
ABOL‐MUNAFI AMBOK BOLONG
ALABI KOREDE ISAIAH
IKHWANUDDIN MHD
MARTINS CHUKWUMEKA ONWUKA
UMARU JOSHUA
HASSAN ANUAR

ENTE DI AFFERENZA

AGRICULTURAL DEPT NATL BIOTECHNOLOGY DEV AGENCY NABDA ABUJA NIGERIA
DEPT FISHERIES & AQUACULTURE COLLEGE OF FORESTRY & FISHERIES UNIV AGRICULTURE MAKURDI NIGERIA
INST TROPICAL AQUACULTURE & FISHERIES RSCH AQUATROP UNIV MALAYSIA TERENGGANU KUALA NERUS MALAYSIA
FACULTY OF FOOD SCIENCE & FISHERIES UNIV MALAYSIA TERENGGANU KUALA NERUS MALAYSIA
DEPT AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION & MGMT FEDERAL COLLEGE OF FORESTRY JOS PLATEAU NIGERIA
FACULTY OF FORESTRY UNIV PUTRA MALAYSIA SERDANG MALAYSIA
FISHERIES TECH DEPT COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE LAFIA NIGERIA

RIVISTA

Food Science & Nutrition, 8(5), 2307-2315

IMPACT FACTOR

1,797

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