Report of the FAO technical workshop on advancing aquaponics: an efficient use of limited resources

Lovatelli, A.; Stankus, A.

Report of the FAO technical workshop on advancing aquaponics: an efficient use of limited resources

2016

Lovatelli, A. | Stankus, A.

A technical training workshop on advancing aquaponics was held in Bogor, Indonesia, on 23–26 November 2015. Eleven international participants were present from ten countries (Colombia, Fiji, Ghana, Kenya, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Samoa and Timor-Leste) and one regional scientific and technical organization (Secretariat of the Pacific Community). The workshop was a product of a side-event during the Thirty-first Session of the Committee on Fisheries presented by the Indonesian delegation on the topic of bumina/yumina, a special form of aquaponics appropriate for developing nations. The term bumina/yumina was introduced on World Food Day in Padang (2012) and in Rome (2014) by the head of the Agency for Marine and Fisheries Research and Development as part of Indonesia’s blue growth philosophy. The four-day workshop was convened by FAO and consisted of lectures, demonstrations and hands-on activities supported by aquaponics experts from the Indonesian Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture and was supported by FAO technical officers and aquaponics consultants. Recommendations were gathered based on participant feedback and included: (i) education, training and communication; (ii) research and development; (iii) socio-economic and feasibility studies; (iv) regional and international cooperation; and (v) capacity development of an enabling environment at the national level.

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