Aquaponic Biofertilizer Development

You Growth Food Aquaponics(YGF)开发了一种用于生产蔬菜和鱼蛋白的闭环式水培系统。当该系统扩大规模时，它将从鱼类和蔬菜废弃物中生产出过量的高质量天然肥料，这些肥料在现场通过专有的微生物发酵过程进行消化。该公司希望探索这种产品在新市场上的优化。昆特伦理工大学(KPU)可持续园艺研究所将利用其在有益微生物和生物肥料方面的经验，与行业合作伙伴合作，表征和优化一种新的水培生物肥料产品。将研究该系统的输入变量；鱼类废物、蔬菜废物、微生物接种剂和温度，以与产量相关--这是通过分析营养状况、微生物活动和植物反应确定的最有价值的生物肥料产品。该公司将受益于KPU的专业知识，以应对其产品开发研究挑战，KPU将受益于扩大其与该地区当地中小型企业的合作能力。学生将从参与新的食品生产系统和应用研究的机会中受益。新的生物肥料对鱼类无毒，因此在必须保护敏感鱼类栖息地的农业和园艺情况下具有很高的价值。

You Grow Food Aquaponics (YGF) has developed a closed loop aquaponics system for production of vegetables and fish protein. When the system is scaled up, it will produce an excess of high quality natural fertilizer from fish and vegetable waste, which is digested in a proprietary microbial fermentation process on site. The company wishes to explore optimization of this product for new markets. The Institute for Sustainable Horticulture at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) will bring its experience with beneficial microbes and biofertilizers to partner with the industry partner to characterize and optimize a new aquaponic biofertilizer product. Input variables of the system; fish waste, vegetable waste, microbial inoculant, and temperature, will be studied to correlate with the output - that being the most valuable biofertilizer product as determined by analyzing nutrient profile, microbial activity and response of plants. The company will benefit from the expertise of KPU to address its product development research challenges, and KPU will benefit from expanding its ability to work with local small and medium sized businesses in its region. Students will benefit from the opportunity to participate in a new food production system and applied research. The new biofertilizer will be non-toxic to fish and therefore of high value in agricultural and horticultural situations where sensitive fish habitat must be protected.