UN Introduces Aquaponics to Urban Farming in Gaza
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Technology
The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has set up 15 aquaponic urban farms in Gaza City to curb growing food insecurity.
The project is one of several international support initiatives in the area, and the FAO aims to shift away from food stamps to a more sustainable option for residents.
The food shortage is the result of near-total blockade of the region for three years following partial blockages beginning in 2007. Israal enforces an exclusion zone three miles off the coast of Gaza and over a kilometre from the land border. By making 85 per cent of fishing zones and 34 per cent or remaining agricultural land out of bounds, the lives of 180,000 people are adversely affected.
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An awareness of Aquaponic technology is sweeping the world and there is a lot of information available from various resources. However, it must be remembered that Aquaponics needs to be adapted to local environmental conditions, and especially, to local native fish species (and especially their diets) , for it to be an efficient and viable technology.