Overview
Join this Aquaponics course from Warnborough College and learn this intensive way of farming that can be conducted anywhere:
- It can produce a great deal more food products per unit of area than more traditional forms of farming.
- It diversifies the income for a grower, making them more resilient to fluctuations in income (e.g. when vegetables are in less demand, fish might be in higher demand. If fish profits drop, vegetable profits may increase).
- It can be viable on any scale, small scale set ups in small home garden can provide for the needs of a single family, while medium size operations on less than a quarter acre can be a viable small business, and large scale operations on many acres, even hundreds of acres can form the heart of a larger business enterprise.
- It can allow food to be produced closer to the end user in areas otherwise unsuited to farming (e.g. in a desert, in inland city areas, etc.). This reduces food miles, expenditure of fuel on food transport, reduces potential pollution, and in turn increases the freshness of food arriving at market.
- It can be more efficient use of water where water resources are limited.
- It can be environmentally friendly, containing and reusing waste, rather than returning it to the environment, and causing pollution.
Programme Structure
Lessons:
- Aquaponic System Options
- The Science of Animal and Plant Growth
- Nutrition and Controlling Growth
- Selecting and Managing Animal Production: Fish and Crustaceans
- Setting up an Aquaculture System
- Aquaponic Plant Culture
- Applications and Opportunities
- Managing an Aquaponics Venture – including a Problem Based Learning Project
- Troubleshooting
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 4 days
Start dates & application deadlines
You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
More details
- You can start the course whenever is convenient for you.
Language
English
Delivered
Online
- Self-paced
Disciplines
Biodiversity & Conservation Marine Science View 15 other Short Courses in Biodiversity & Conservation in United KingdomWhat students do after studying
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- The course includes real life case studies, as well as a troubleshooting lesson where the student will study and learn about the outcomes to the main problems encountered in aquaponic systems.
Tuition Fee
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International
395 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 395 GBP for the full programme during 4 days. -
National
395 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 395 GBP for the full programme during 4 days.
Funding
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