S ushant madaan, an organic farming enthusiast from gurugram has set up the first-of-its-kind aquaponic farm in north india. aquaponics is a system of aquaculture, which allows farmers to raise fishes while also being able to grow plants.. Urbanfarmer aquaponics is the only company in india which keeps both these factors under tight control by manufacturing all the equipment locally. in fact urbanfarmer manufactures hydro and aquaponics equipment like nft, net pots, dutch buckets, nutrients etc which is required for running it commercially and viabily.. P.t. antony, a farmer in ashtamichira village of thrissur district in kerala, couldn’t believe his luck. he harvested as much as 1,180 kg of tilapia, also known as gift fish, and 200 kg of leafy vegetables within six months when he experimented with aquaponics in his 250 square feet farm..
This is a comprehensive course covering all aspects of raft based commercial aquaponics / deep water culture and is intended for anyone seriously considering getting into aquaponic food production, or those already doing aquaponics who want to learn more about the technology.. India aquaponics is in technical collaboration with sahib aquaponics with a purpose to indigenize the systems according to indian conditions and requirements. are capital intensive farming techniques but have better production rates per square feet as compared to conventional farming thus improving your cost bottom-line.. O n sunday march 24 i boarded the big bird at brisbane; flew to singapore then on to bangalore india for the start of the aquaponics project in proto village. arrived in bangalore just before midnight (bangalore time) and was picked up by shobitha one of the proto village team members. it was a long day, on the road for around 18 hours..
