permaculture

310 Facilitator’s Handbook for Permaculture Workshops

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Presentation : Integrating aquaculture with other systems

Method : Facilitator presentation

Tools : Images, black/white board, markers

References : PC Book MOD 11 - Aquaculture

Objective : Participants learn some of the integration possibilities for aquaculture

There are many other food production systems that aquaculture can be

integrated with, including all of the following.

The facilitator can encourage a discussion with the participants about using these

techniques and building on the ideas to try new techniques and ideas.

Animals Plants

• Chickens. • Vegetables.


• Ducks. • Grains.


• Pigs. • Rice.


• Bamboo.


• Fruit trees.
  People


• The water from kitchens and washrooms can be used for aquaculture but it
  MUST be cleaned of the washing detergents in separate ponds before it can be
  used for growing food plants or in fishponds.


• See the “Washing area” section of PC Book MOD 3 - Houses, Water, and Waste
  Management for more about water cleaning techniques.

Catchment systems and swales

• Aquaculture can also be integrated with water catchment techniques to improve
  the self-sufficiency of the aquaculture systems and improve overall production.


• Swales (described in PC Book MOD 8 - Forests, Tree Crops, and Bamboo and PC
  Book MOD 6 - Home and Community Gardens) catch and store rainfall.
  
  
  • With heavy rains water can flow from one swale to another and into
    fishponds.
  
  
  • Swales can also collect the water that runs out of fishponds.
  
  
  • Other types of water catchments like banana pits, boomerang swales,
    terraces, and Chinampas can also be used.
  
  
  
  

These examples are explained in the “Fish integration with other systems” section of PC

Book MOD 11 - Aquaculture.