碩士 / 大仁科技大學 / 環境管理研究所 / 104 / Abstract
Aquaponics has taken a new shape with new equipment and technology in the last half century. This old farming technique can be found in Aztecs over a thousand years ago. From Eastern Jin Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, to Yuan Dynasty of China, aquaponics took place with various names. It can also be found in part of south-east Asia and Zhejiang Province of China. It is coming to shape in Taiwan in the last decade, and growing rapidly in the last 5 years. Aquaponics is seen as a solution to ease the food security problem and enhance environmental sustainability in Taiwan. It is also seen as a powerful weapon in solving food shortage in some areas in the world where water resource is scarce. This paper aims to discuss the current development and the reason of aquaponic- blooming in Taiwan, which is a very fertile and prolific island where traditional land-farming is so much cheaper and easier than this new aquaculture+hydroponic farming. The research divides the aquaponic operators into three categories based on the size of the system: mini-therapeutic and small family self-sufficient type less than 33m2, medium community type which is between 33m2 and 99.3m2, and large commercial operational type which is over 99.3m2. Research methods administrated are visiting aquaponic farms, attending workshops, interviewing, and interacting with members from Facebook communities. The findings are: 1.Over 80% of the aquaponic system are small, 10% are medium sized and 10% are large operations indicating that the current aquaponic development in Taiwan is domestic demand oriented. 2.Food security is the sole trigger to all operators no matter what sizes of their systems are. Healthy diet is the primary goal for all aquaponics operators. 3.Even though aquaponics takes far more money, human resources, knowledge, and skills than the traditional farming and fishing, people are still trying to simulate natural ecosystem in the most natural, healthy, and environmental friendly way possible in order to obtain the most natural and healthy food.
Key words: Aquaponics, Nitrogen Cycle, Food Security
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TW/104TAJ00700023 |
| Date | January 2016 |
| Creators | LEE,HSIN-CHIEN, 李欣倩 |
| Contributors | LEE,FANG-YIN, 李芳胤 |
| Source Sets | National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan |
| Language | zh-TW |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Format | 80 |
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