Basic Info
Pilot off-grid aquaponics;
indoor vertical aquaponics
Israel
26°
6°13'9.49"S
Cool
Short Description
Pilot off-grid desert aquaponics system is located in a greenhouse with RAS and an adjacent nethouse containing deep water culture hydroponics beds with near-zero water and waste discharge at Sede Boqer Campus of Ben-Gurion University of Negev (BGU), Israel. The vertical aquaponics is set up in the fishhouse with saline RAS and vertical hydroponics.
Target Stakeholders
High school students, researchers, local farmers, refugees
Main Goal
The main goal is to investigate and develop near-zero waste aquaponics systems, both coupled and on-demand coupled, in the Negev desert (Israel); to study the novel LED based saline water hydroponic unit; Integrate the unit into a recirculating aquaculture system and optimise the overall system performance.
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Project updates
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Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev is one of Israel’s leading research universities and among the world leaders in many fields.
It has around 20,000 students and 4,000 faculty members. More than 100,000 alumni play important roles in all areas of research and development, industry, health care, the economy, society, culture and education in Israel.
The University has a research campus at Sde Boker, and is home to national and multi-disciplinary research institutes.
