Advancing commercial food production through integrated fish and plant systems to meet the needs of industry and community

通过综合鱼类和植物系统促进商业粮食生产，以满足工业和社区的需求

• 批准号: 468338-2014
• 负责人: Singh, Jagvir
• 金额: $ 17.27万
• 依托单位: Lethbridge Community College
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: College and Community Innovation Program
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=641787
• 关键词: Advancing; commercial; food; production; through

Lethbridge College is a strategic centre for technological learning that serves over 15,000 credit and non-creditstudents in more than 50 diverse career areas. A leader in sustainable energy and ecology, Lethbridge Collegehas established expertise in the areas of aquaponics, aquaculture, biotechnology, criminal justice, andagriculture. Accordingly, Lethbridge College has recognized that regional and global concern over existingsupplies of fresh water and energy, coupled with subsequent strains on agricultural production, is anintensifying and complex problem for which few practical solutions exist.However, through the integration of greenhouse culture and aquaculture into an enclosed recirculatingaquaponics system, Lethbridge College has helped to develop an intriguing resolution that not only allows forthe year-round production of fish protein, but plant production at a significantly higher rate than traditionalhydroponics or soil-based methods. As a result, several commercial greenhouse and aquaculture industries haveadopted recirculation aquaponics as a viable method to increase production and profits.With over twelve years of experience and expertise, Lethbridge College is recognized around the world for itsresearch in aquaponics. Building on the current success of its two-year, NSERC CCI-IE, that is dedicatedtowards optimizing and expanding commercial aquaponics systems, LC has identified the two most importantissues facing the commercial aquaponics industry: 1) decoupled production and, 2) maximizing the economicsof existing balanced systems. Addressing these two issues will enable the regional aquaponics industry tofurther expand and become an economically and environmentally sustainable food growing option and a modelfor other regions around the world.

莱斯布里奇学院是技术学习的战略中心，为50多个不同职业领域的15，000多名学分和非学分学生提供服务。作为可持续能源和生态学的领导者，莱斯布里奇学院在鱼菜共生、水产养殖、生物技术、刑事司法和农业领域建立了专业知识。因此，莱斯布里奇学院已经认识到，区域和全球对现有淡水和能源供应的关注，加上随后对农业生产的压力，是一个日益严重和复杂的问题，几乎没有实际的解决方案。然而，通过将温室养殖和水产养殖整合到一个封闭的再循环鱼菜共生系统中，莱斯布里奇学院帮助开发了一个有趣的解决方案，不仅可以全年生产鱼蛋白，而且植物生产的速度比传统的水培或土壤方法要高得多。因此，一些商业温室和水产养殖业已经采用循环鱼菜共生作为一种可行的方法，以增加产量和利润。莱斯布里奇学院拥有超过12年的经验和专业知识，在鱼菜共生研究方面得到了世界各地的认可。基于其为期两年的NSERC CCI-IE目前的成功，致力于优化和扩大商业鱼菜共生系统，LC已经确定了商业鱼菜共生行业面临的两个最重要的组织：1）解耦生产，2）最大限度地提高现有平衡系统的经济性。解决这两个问题将使区域鱼菜共生产业进一步扩大，成为经济和环境可持续的粮食种植选择，并成为世界其他地区的典范。