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ISEEP-2017 VIII. INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON
ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
4-7 October 2017 Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University
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Oral Presentation 180
Integrated Ecological Agricultural Applications with Aquaculture
Sevim Hamzaçebi, Ramazan Serezli, Bahadır Uğural, Fatma Öztürk, Hatice Gündüz
İzmir Kâtip Çelebi University, Faculty of Fisheries, 35620, İzmir, Turkey
e-mail: sevimhamzacebi@gmail.com
According to the recent researches, the world population is estimated to be 10 billion in the next
30-40 years. It is predicted that agricultural areas will decrease because of global warming and the
human population will have hunger problems. Therefore, agricultural and animal production
efforts even in the smallest areas become very important issue. In order to meet the nutritional
needs of the growing population, it will be necessary to receive more crops from the unit area.
Different production methods such as hydroponic, aeroponic and aquaponic system techniques
are still being tested in order to obtain more products from less area. The basic principle of these
production techniques is soilless agriculture, known as the farming with water. Efficient
utilization of decreasing agricultural land is possible via these three types of production
techniques and their varied designs. The aim here is to reduce the use of soil, fertilizers and
medicines to obtain more and various crops from the unit area. Water recirculates in a closed
system so water saving is possible by using the same water repeatedly. These systems have
recently been used as vertical designs in order to save space. They are also called vertical
agricultural practices. While hydroponic and aeroponic systems are being used for plant
production, aquaponic systems are emerging as methods of fish production as well as plant
production. These practices, in which both aquaculture and crops are grown together, are now in
the form of huge farms in some countries. The efficiency in this cyclical system, where water,
space and energy are saved, is at high level. This study was carried out in order to demonstrate
the environmentally friendly, ecologically sustainable production of hydroponic, aeroponic and
aquaponic techniques and their applications in the world.
Key words: Hydroponics, aeroponics, aquaponics, sustainability, ecological agriculture