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Courses have included village water supply, land management, chicken farming, duck farming, fish farming, aquaponics, carpentry, village leadership, hygiene and sanitation, literacy, sewing, vegetable, potato, coffee, vanilla farming &. establishment of markets & micro finance schemes. Rodney has published over 50 newspaper and magazine articles on environmental sustainability topics and recently co authored a university text book chapter on Corporate Biodiversity Management see: Springer Through this aquaponics website, Rodney strives to share his DIY practical agricultural and environmental knowledge. He has a passion to help build key skills in developing nations and remote indigenous communities. 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Now I want you to imagine that there are no weeds, no watering, no fertilizing, no lifting or digging, no chemicals & plants are growing at table height for easy picking. Sound good? Aquaponics combines the best traits of traditional aquaculture (fish farming) and the use the waste water as nutrients to grow vegetables (hydroponics). In aquaponics fish waste is biologically converted into plant nutrients to grow your vegetables. The water is recirculated which produces oxygen for the fish. If you can grow vegetables the traditional way with soil or if you have ever had goldfish in a pond or fish tank then Aquaponics will be easy for you. You just need to know a few simple aquaponics design secretes that ill teach you. Aquaponics is one of the most interesting and sustainable ways to produce fresh organic vegetables, fruits, herbs & fish in your backyard or on a commercial scale. 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Since Covid, more people are buying local produce and realizing the health benefits of eating chemical-free and pesticide free foods growing it at home in a DIY aquaponics system in the backyard. Many people are now starting to return to a simpler lifestyle and want the freedom to eat from the backyard & know what’s going into their bodies. 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