INTRODUCTION TO AQUAPONIC SYSTEM

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Nowadays, awareness on harmful substances that may occur in food products has increased. Thus, organic food has generated much interest among consumers, businesses and researchers. Some countries support organic farming through agricultural subsidy reform e.g. European Union. Many people are drawn into starting a small organic farm not only to practice healthy eating and lead a better-quality life, but also for the care of the environment. Organic production and marketing have grown at a fast pace and there is another alternative way of doing organic, which is by practicing aquaponics. Aquaponic is a farming system consisting of two combined farming, which are the rearing of aquatic animal and the growing of plants. This farming system has gained a lot of attention as it offers plenty of advantages including convenient farming, practicality, and applicability from small family-scale to commercial large-scale farming. The main objective of this book is to share the practical knowledge of basic aquaponic system. This book contains an introduction to the aquaponic system, an understanding of the principles practiced, the step-by-step construction of the aquaponic unit and also the approach to maintaining the system.

Mohammad Bodrul Munir is presently working in Aquaculture Program under Faculty of Agriculture in Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali (UNISSA), Brunei Darussalam as Senior Assistant Professor since July 2, 2023. His acdemic career has been started from January 2017 in Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), Malaysia. He has completed his Ph.D in Aquatic Animal Nutrition (Dietary Prebiotics and Probiotics) from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) on October 2016 and his 2nd MSc degree was from Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand on 2003 in the field of Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources Management (AARM) under School of Environment Resources and Development (SERD), followed by 1.5 years MS and 4 years BSc (Hons.) in Fisheries And Marine Resources Technology from Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh. He has worked with many reputed Inter/national organizations like DANIDA Technical Assistance Program in Bangladesh; Public Private Partnership (PPP) Aps. Denmark, The Worldfish Malaysia etc. His research interest is sustainable aquaculture practice which includes aquaculture, its system and management practices, fish nutriton, immunobiology and post-harvest technology. He has 2 Books, 14 Book Chapters and 80 scientific articles published in high impact ISI/WOS/SCOPUS journals (best publication award from USM MPE 2016) and many training manuals. He has 3 intellectual properties (IP). He secured Merit award from SIIP 2021 to invent "Biogenic Fish Feed" and this fish feed is commercialized by a Malaysian Private Company. Apart of his research works, he has developed two MOOCS for the global aquaculture communities, awarded silver in from IUCEL 2020, and has presented multiple conference papers to the global seminars and symposiums.

Roslianah binti Asdari is a senior lecturer and researcher specializing in aquaculture, especially fish nutrition. She is currently affiliated with UNIMAS (Universiti Malaysia Sarawak), Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia. Her works focusing on feed formulation for fish using various resources, fish diets optimization for improved growth and health, application of dietary supplements to enhance aquaculture productivity, and sustainability in aquaculture systems. She is dedicated to bridging the gap between scientific research and practical application, providing valuable insights to academia and industry professionals working towards advancements in sustainable aquaculture practices.
ISBN 978-99984-51-46-9 / 9789998451469

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