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ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT AQUAPONICS

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"Vertical farming" generally refers to growing plants in layers, whether in a multi-story building, a warehouse or a shipping container. Vertical farming in India is growing at a steady pace with the help of effective training, subsidized rates & government programs. Aquaponic growing may be a closed system that mixes aquacultural techniques beside cultivation. Simply put, the waste created by the fish provides the plants with nutrients. The plants than 'clean' the water and it's returned to the fish tank. Drip feed, flood, and drain, NFT and DWC techniques may be used. The mutualism of the plants and fish will depend upon a closely managed system. The useful bacterium that converts the fish waste into a usable kind for the plants depends upon (ammonia to radical to nitrate) needs a rigorously balanced pH (6.8 - 7.2). If left alone the pH can drop and become too acidic inflicting a danger to the fish. HydroGarden provides the Fish-Plant clan a...

Tips for Fish Farming in India

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Indian fisheries and aquaculture is a crucial sector of food production, providing nutritional security to the food basket, contributing to the agricultural exports and engaging around 14 million people in different activities. With distinct resources ranging from deep seas to lakes in the mountains and more than 10% of global biodiversity in terms of fish and shellfish species since independence, the country has shown consistency and sustained increments in fish production. Constituting about 6.3% of the global fish production, the sector contributes around 1.1% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 5.15% of the agricultural GDP. The total number of fish production of 10.1 million metric tonnes presently has nearby 65% contribution from the inland sector and nearly the same from culture fisheries.  The yearly carp seed production is to the tune of 25 billion and that of shrimp about 12 billion, with increasing diversification in the r...