Friday 7 March 2014

Philippe Van Den Bossche & The Potential Of Aquaponics

By Robbie Sutter


Crop growth is going to come about through a number of different processes and the tools used may be very common. For example, everyone knows just how much of an impact sunlight and water can have when it comes to standard growth. However, are there other processes which can come into play for greater agricultural progress? It's a field that Philippe van den Bossche has experience in, which is why I'd like to speak about a method that has been given the name of aquaponics.

Mashable posted an article about aquaponics, which is a method that will be able to help plants grow. It involves not only plant growth but the growth of fish as well in the same body of water. The way that this relationship works is that when the fish create waste, the water is able to circulate it before allowing it to be converted into feed that that plants can use in order to grow. Parcs Holman gave it the name of "replicating nature," which is accurate.

Keep in mind that the growth of plants and aquatic life in the same body of water is not exactly new, as it has gone on since ancient times. That being said, the one difference that Philippe van den Bossche, as well as other authorities, can pinpoint is the more concentrated focus on science. The system that has been put into place is a sensitive one and the attention to detail has to be strong. Names like Philippe can tell you that one misplaced creature can cause chemical imbalance.

While there were many details that have been gone over, I was especially surprised by the use of water. For example, let's say that you were watering plants through typical means; chances are that only 2 to 5 percent of that water would actually reach the plants. Aquaponics is different, though, as water constantly flows, which means that something like evaporation does not have to be considered as much. Several gallons of water move, which means that plants will have a steady stream of nourishment to benefit from.

I do not believe that everyone will be able to run their own aquaponics processes, especially when given the equipment and specimens that are needed to make it happen. That being said, I cannot help but feel as though farming, in general, can be done much easier with this process set in place. The growth of crops, in my view, is something that should be carried around with greater ease as well. Aquaponics utilizes both old ways and new methods in order to create a rather astonishing process.




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