What's growing on here then?

Building a high-performance farm produce without destroying , respecting the environment , contribute to sustainable development, ensure a healthy diet without being limited by the season, participating in the fight against climate change.

AMI ( Aquaponic Madagascar Initiative) is a farm based on the use of technical Aquaponics both innovative and ancient ( technique used for millennia in Asia ( rice-fish farming ) and Latin America among the Aztecs ( chinampas ) )

Fresh food grown near the city in an environmentally sustainable and commercially scalable manner . aquaponics is the technology that can produce fish and vegetables in a recirculating rearing system .

Aquaponics combines two techniques of agriculture , hydroponics ( soilless ) and aquaculture ( raising fish and other aquatic organisms ) . All plants extract their nutrients from water aquaculture and through this process of removal of nutrients , water is cleaned again .

It is an ecological way, healthy, sustainable and natural produce food that meets both the best qualities of aquaculture and hydroponics without the need to reject water from the filter (consumption water is low, especially compared to other cultivation methods) or use chemical fertilizers. The plants are fed by fish excretions. Therefore, production of vegetables succeeds without the addition of additional nutrients and compared to conventional methods of producing aquaponics is very resource efficient.

A Vontovorona near ESPA ( Higher Polytechnic School of Antananarivo) A 22 km from the city center, on a plot of 70 m2.

1. AMI is part of sustainable development and can participate actively. The three pillars of sustainable developement is respected by aquaponics .

   Economic efficiency, ensure sound and sustainable management , without prejudice to the environment and society.

   Social equity , meeting basic human needs food, health, reducing inequalities between individuals , respecting their cultures.

   Environmental quality, long-term preservation of natural resources , maintaining the major ecological balances and reducing environmental impacts.

   2. AMI can locate in urban areas without problems.

   • need to till the soil ( hydroponics )
   • water saving 90 to 95 % compared to traditional agricultureno waste ( nothing is lost in aquaponics . )
   • energy saving
   • economy work : no watering and no weeding
   • almost autonomous
   • without pesticide and herbicide
   • Versatile

Aquaponics is the ideal method of cultivation in urban and suburban areas. The productivity of the fact aquaponics culture through excellence in town. While producing healthy fish , providing organic fruits and vegetables , eliminating fertilizers and reducing the input of traditional agriculture , aquaponics is definitely part of the new farming methods that will make organic farming tomorrow .

Impact short- medium term:

AMI can produce healthy food all year round without seasonal limitations. Food without pesticides and without herbicide that can be harmful to health. Hence it is likely to reduce supply by diseases such as obesity , diabetes , cardiovascular disease , cancer , dental disease , and osteoporosis.

Long-term impact :

1. For a long-term project , one might consider implementation of AMI in southern Madagascar where the climate is very dry and requires innovative model of Agriculture as aquaponics and thus contribute to reducing nutrition evil touches half the population in the south.

2. For future generations , the MAI is a solution and immediate action that affects the future " give power to the present generation without compromising the future."

The side environment aquaponics can avoid rivers, all the seas and oceans polluted , irradiated or emptied of all life by saving water .

And the proximity of the place of production also reduces the negative environmental impacts related to transportation of food production sites to distribution centers (low -carbon ) and he took part in the effect on the planet "climate change".

As well as the Co2 emissions along the food chain, that is significantly reduced, which is why Aquaponics are environmentally friendly in every sense.

RAKOTOARISOA Narindra Famantanantsoa Erico

Search officer at the General Secretariat of the Ministry at the Presidency in charge of Agriculture and Livestock .

Specialist in Project Management ( design, monitoring -evaluation , business plan )