Impact/Purpose:

We want to share and describe a multiple use concept growing fish and using the effluent to irrigate and fertilize crop plants.

Description:

We anticipate that several of the indigenous farmers will adopt fish farming in the context of their small irrigated farms. Fish farming is a non-consumptive use of water and irrigation will transfer the wastes from the fish into the fertilizers needed for crop production. We expect that families incorporating this integrated farming will see household incomes increased and costs decreased.

Record Details:

Record Type:PROJECT( ABSTRACT )

Start Date:08/15/2009

Completion Date:08/14/2011

Record ID: 249426

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Role :OWNER

Organization Name :UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

Citation :Tucson

State :AZ

Zip Code :85721

Project Information:

Approach :

We will describe the techniques and practices with colleagues from a Mexican university in Tabasco. Together with our Mexican counterparts, we will build demonstration systems in three small indigenous communities in Tabasco. Along with the demonstrations, we will provide workshops in the indigenous languages (with our University colleagues providing translations) describing the benefits of the integrated farms and how best to manage the farm to increase income and reduce chemical costs.

Cost :$75,000.00

Research Component :Pollution Prevention/Sustainable Development

Project IDs:

ID Code :SU834368

Project type :EPA Grant