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Aquaponics farming: answer in an era of climate change?

Humanity’s salvation

As the world buckles under the brunt of climate change and worsening weather patterns which have devastating effects on the agricultural sector, aquaponics farming may just end up being humanity’s salvation.

It’s a food production system that couples aquaculture with hydroponics where nutrient-rich aquaculture water is fed to hydroponically grown plants.

This is exactly the thinking that led humanitarian development organisation Inmed SA and its partner, snack giant Mondelez International, on a quest to not only find sustainable ways to feed poor communities but also to teach a man

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