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Aquaponics as a sustainable alternative to new land reclamation and conventional agriculture in Egypt
Agriculture in Egypt is facing dramatic changes that affect its productivity, and accordingly the Egyptian economy. Egypt started in the 1930s, expanding agricultural land through land reclamation projects. Many of these projects did not perform as expected or planned due to lack of water and other...
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| author | El Essawy, Hisham Ahmed Samy |
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| description | Agriculture in Egypt is facing dramatic changes that affect its productivity, and accordingly the Egyptian economy. Egypt started in the 1930s, expanding agricultural land through land reclamation projects. Many of these projects did not perform as expected or planned due to lack of water and other challenges. While land reclamation and conventional agriculture techniques have a lot of technical, social, and economical problems in Egypt; soilless agriculture and aquaponics are being successfully used in other regions for urban food production as a sustainable solution. Aquaponics is a technique that integrates fish and crop productions by bringing aquaculture with hydroponics (soilless planting) together into one system. Although aquaponics has shown promising results in different regions worldwide, there are questions that need answering about the most suitable type of aquaponics for food production in Egypt. Aquaponics have been investigated in this work in order to identify its potentials, hence recommend the suitable aquaponics systems for Egypt. The thesis shows that aquaponics is an ally or alternative to conventional agriculture and land reclamation in Egypt. In this thesis, two different Aquaponics systems were tested in an experiment, in the American University in Cairo, to determine which system design will be more efficient and productive for use in Egypt on a larger scale. The production and crops variety were more promising in the Integrated Aqua Aegaculture System than the Deep Water Culture aquaponics system. The elemental analysis results of water and plants samples, from both aquaponics systems, show that the Integrated Aqua Vegaculture system has more potential than the Deep Water Culture system, especially in Egypt under certain boundary conditions. |
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| spelling | oai:fount.aucegypt.edu:etds-1190 Aquaponics as a sustainable alternative to new land reclamation and conventional agriculture in Egypt El Essawy, Hisham Ahmed Samy Agriculture in Egypt is facing dramatic changes that affect its productivity, and accordingly the Egyptian economy. Egypt started in the 1930s, expanding agricultural land through land reclamation projects. Many of these projects did not perform as expected or planned due to lack of water and other challenges. While land reclamation and conventional agriculture techniques have a lot of technical, social, and economical problems in Egypt; soilless agriculture and aquaponics are being successfully used in other regions for urban food production as a sustainable solution. Aquaponics is a technique that integrates fish and crop productions by bringing aquaculture with hydroponics (soilless planting) together into one system. Although aquaponics has shown promising results in different regions worldwide, there are questions that need answering about the most suitable type of aquaponics for food production in Egypt. Aquaponics have been investigated in this work in order to identify its potentials, hence recommend the suitable aquaponics systems for Egypt. The thesis shows that aquaponics is an ally or alternative to conventional agriculture and land reclamation in Egypt. In this thesis, two different Aquaponics systems were tested in an experiment, in the American University in Cairo, to determine which system design will be more efficient and productive for use in Egypt on a larger scale. The production and crops variety were more promising in the Integrated Aqua Aegaculture System than the Deep Water Culture aquaponics system. The elemental analysis results of water and plants samples, from both aquaponics systems, show that the Integrated Aqua Vegaculture system has more potential than the Deep Water Culture system, especially in Egypt under certain boundary conditions. 2017-02-01T08:00:00Z thesis application/pdf https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/191 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/1190/viewcontent/Hisham_20El_20Essawy_20__20Thesis_20after_20defense_2016_Jan_2018_HS.pdf The author retains all rights with regard to copyright. The author certifies that written permission from the owner(s) of third-party copyrighted matter included in the thesis, dissertation, paper, or record of study has been obtained. The author further certifies that IRB approval has been obtained for this thesis, or that IRB approval is not necessary for this thesis. Insofar as this thesis, dissertation, paper, or record of study is an educational record as defined in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 USC 1232g), the author has granted consent to disclosure of it to anyone who requests a copy. Theses and Dissertations AUC Knowledge Fountain Aquaponics Agriculture |
| spellingShingle | Aquaponics Agriculture El Essawy, Hisham Ahmed Samy Aquaponics as a sustainable alternative to new land reclamation and conventional agriculture in Egypt |
| title | Aquaponics as a sustainable alternative to new land reclamation and conventional agriculture in Egypt |
| title_full | Aquaponics as a sustainable alternative to new land reclamation and conventional agriculture in Egypt |
| title_fullStr | Aquaponics as a sustainable alternative to new land reclamation and conventional agriculture in Egypt |
| title_full_unstemmed | Aquaponics as a sustainable alternative to new land reclamation and conventional agriculture in Egypt |
| title_short | Aquaponics as a sustainable alternative to new land reclamation and conventional agriculture in Egypt |
| title_sort | aquaponics as a sustainable alternative to new land reclamation and conventional agriculture in egypt |
| topic | Aquaponics Agriculture |
| url | https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/191 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/1190/viewcontent/Hisham_20El_20Essawy_20__20Thesis_20after_20defense_2016_Jan_2018_HS.pdf |
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