Basics of Aquaponic System Farming and How to Design
What you'll learn
- Design an aquaponic system and farm
- Understand fundamental principles of aquaponics
- Practical problems in an aquaponic system or a farm
- Understand the role of fish, bacteria and plants in aquaponics
- How to control pH of the aquaponic system
- Understand different parameters affecting water quality
Requirements
- Be able to read, apply logic, understand science
- Do elementary calculations
Description
Welcome to the course of aquaponic farming! and learn about intriguing concepts combining aquaculture (raising fish in captivity) and hydroponics (growing plants without soil).
The course is based on my learnings that I gained while studying scattered information on aquaponics from various sources and implementing it in my project “Urban Kheti”. The project successfully made its mark in India as first-of-its-farm in North India, featured in short documentary on aquaponics by Down to Earth,available of YouTube titled “Aquaponics can be a profitable agriculture technique for Indian Farmers”. The project also featured on various international and national news platforms such as The Times of India, The Hindu, Punjab Kesari,Dainik Jagran, Better India, Hortidaily etc.
The lectures in this tutorial are in the form of Audio/Presentation mashup. What that means is that you will see a video of power point slides with my voice over. You don’t have to do anything – the slides will appear at the right time with right concepts.
The course will provide you with basic understanding in following topics and encourage you to innovate and build your own system:
- Introduction to aquaponics
- Water Chemistry
- Aquaponic components
- Design of fish tank, mechanical filter, biofilter, sump and hydroponic systems
- Management of farm and troubleshoot of problems and solutions.
The lectures will end with some handy literature and useful resources as you embark on an aquaponic journey.
Who this course is for:
- Beginner aquaponic farmers and hobbyists
- Beginner hydroponic farmers and hobbyists
- Organic Farmer
- Agriculturists
- Smart Farmers
- Hi Tech Farmers
- IOT Farming
Instructor
- 4.3 Instructor Rating
- 80 Reviews
- 444 Students
- 1 Course
I conceptualized a small-scale aquaponic farm near New Delhi, the first in North India. It was featured in prominent international and national news platforms such as the Times of India, the Hindu, Down to Earth, Punjab Kesari, Dainik Jagran, and other internet news websites. The video of the farm is available on the Down to Earth YouTube channel, titled " Aquaponics can be a profitable agriculture technique for Indian farmers".
My education is summarized below:
Double degree Erasmus Mundus Master of Science SELECT ( Environomical Pathway for Sustainable Energy Systems)
Royal Institute of Technology, KTH, Sweden (2012-2013)
and Eindhoven Institute of Technology, Netherlands (2013-2014)
B.E. (Chemical), Panjab University, India.
Course in Entrepreneurship, ESADE Business and Law School, Spain