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Design and Fabrication of Grow Beds for Bulb and Shooting Plants in Aquaponics Farming

Paramjit Thakur

Abstract


Aquaponics is a pristine technic to get bulk production with soil less farming. Aquaponics is a sustainable food production method that combines aquaculture and hydroponics in a single circular system. In Europe, a few aquaponics startup enterprises are forming with a small production area of a few hundred or thousands of square meters, whereas hydroponics is a prevalent practice with commercially viable production units of several hectares. Aquaponics is one of the most environmentally friendly methods of food production. It combines aquaculture and hydroponics in a single integrated system. Once you have gotten everything set up, you will not have to do much maintenance or work. The primary principle of aquaponics is that your fish waste feeds the plants, and the plants clean the water for the fish, resulting in a continual cycle. It performs with limited water supply. Aquaponics is the combination of hydroponics with aquaculture. This project is based on design different types of grow beds for bulb & shooting plants. This project achieves production rate per unit area with least water requirements & maintenance. Taking production with vertical indoor farming & modified grow beds we get multiple times of production. The fluorescent light was used for Genuine extension of plants in vertical indoor farming. The most important part of system is produced organic products. The system well manufactures with improved clogging of water, distribution of nutrients in grow beds, less use of energy.

Keywords


Soilless farming, vertical farming, organic products, improved design of grow bed, aquaculture

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