Agriculture 4.0| Bio Integrated farming

In a greenhouse made of poly-carbonate with 35 m² Area, there is aquaponics system that consists of:

• • Three grow beds where foam boards rafts is floating above, 1.2 m Length – 1 m Width each.
  • Fish [type: Oreochromis variabilis], – Crops seeds [Strawberry – Tomato – Lettuce]
  • DWC [Deep Water Culture] unit – according to FAO standards – consists of IBC [Intermediate bulk container] Tank of 1m3 of deep water. 
  • Rocket Filter: It is a customized, cheap and innovative filter that hesham built to accelerate the filtration of fish wastes except ammonia on one phase and clear them off. It is about [5$ – 10$] cost
  • Electric Power source.
  • Sensors for measuring and monitoring parameters of water quality & flow, Supplementary, fertigation. 

• • Building the aquaponics system by suspending the plant roots in a solution of nutrient-rich water by floating rafts to suspend plant roots into a pool of water about 1 foot in depth.
  • Building a Remotely controlled Tech unit that consists of:
    • Water Quality parameters control: Through installing sensors for measuring EC, PH, ORP, DO and Temperature.
    • Water Flow control Unit (Irrigation System): installing sensors for measuring the water level. And solenoid valve to control on the water flow.
    • Supplementary Automatic system for measuring Fe [iron], K [Potassium], Ca [calcium] in the water
    • Smart fertigation system: Controlling in the supplementary Automatic system with controlling in PH automatically.
  • Cloud Platform: All recorded data from the sensors are transmitted through wireless network LORAWan to be stored on a cloud platform. And a dashboard where real time records and insights of the data output are presented with the ability monitor and control remotely in Water quality & flow.

Producing both of Fish and Organic crops in a sustainable and safe system and environment friendly. 

• • 40Kg of Fish [Oreochromis variabilis] – [300-400] gm for each in 5.5 months.
  • Growing crops of Strawberry in about 21 days – Tomato [3 months] – 5 types of Lettuce: [Oclaive, batavia, Romain, butterHead, Iceburg] after 45 days.

 Worm composting is using worms to recycle food scraps and other organic material into a valuable soil amendment called “vermicompost”. By feeding the fish solid waste to worms and get VermiCompost in liquid to be used as fertilizer to plants added to the water in the aquaponics system or produced in solid shape to be added to the plant soil.

Bokashi composting is an anaerobic process that relies on inoculated bran to ferment kitchen waste, including meat and dairy, into a safe soil builder and nutrient-rich tea for your plants.

A unit for cultivating Azolla and use it as a cheap supplemental for fish. Azolla has enormous potential as a livestock feed due to: Its high content in proteins, essential amino acids, vitamins (vitamin A, vitamin B12, Beta Carotene), growth promoter intermediaries and minerals.