کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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5763904 | 1412989 | 2017 | 33 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
The financial feasibility of producing fish and vegetables through aquaponics
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
امکان سنجی امکان تولید ماهی و سبزیجات از طریق آبپنیک
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کلمات کلیدی
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری
علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک
علوم آبزیان
چکیده انگلیسی
Aquaponics, producing fish and vegetables in a closed-loop water system, reduces fertilizer use and water discharge, and is therefore promoted as a sustainable venture. A recent global study found that the majority of 257 surveyed aquaponics farms made losses, but the reasons have been poorly analyzed. Based upon grey literature and a post-hoc cost-benefit analysis for an investment in an aquaponics farm in the Philippines, this paper aims to assess the factors contributing to an appropriate level of returns. In the Philippines, vegetables are relatively well-priced, but if catfish were produced, a venture producing 1250Â kg fish, 6000Â kg lettuce, and 300Â kg tomato per year would have a Net-Benefit-Cost Ratio of below 1.3 after 20 years. This ratio should be higher when one considers the risks against which a farmer cannot and should not insure its production, as argued in the paper. Depending on the species of both fish and vegetables, the quantity of nutrients coming from the former component imposes a fish volume: vegetable area ratio ranging from 1:30 to 1:100, thus the quantity of marketable fresh vegetables determines the size of an aquaponics enterprise. As a consequence, the investments in the fish component are relatively high and weigh heavily on the financial balance. For producers to successfully adopt aquaponics, they need to consider starting first with catfish, and then, as they get to master the system's management, they can shift to a high-value fish species for niche markets.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Aquacultural Engineering - Volume 78, Part B, August 2017, Pages 146-154
Journal: Aquacultural Engineering - Volume 78, Part B, August 2017, Pages 146-154
نویسندگان
Roel H. Bosma, Lysette Lacambra, Ynze Landstra, Chiara Perini, Joline Poulie, Marie J. Schwaner, Yi Yin,