aquaponics farming

Aquaponics is a smart, soil-free farming method that lets you grow fresh vegetables and raise fish using 80% less water. Perfect for urban farmers, it’s sustainable, space-saving, and offers dual income. Here’s how you can start your own aquaponics system and grow more with less, right from your home.

Vadodara-resident Shashank Chaubey quit his comfortable job to grow vegetables using aquaponics farming. Having started with zero farming experience, today he grows 2,500 varieties of plants on a 2,000 sq ft commercial terrace farm and helps other people do the same.

Vijayakumar Narayanan, a passionate farmer and agriculture consultant in Kerala, has been successful in implementing the aquaponics method of farming wherein fish and vegetables are grown together using fewer resources.

John Varghese from Thrissur in Kerala began experimenting with aquaponics in 2019 on his terrace, and today, his garden has a wide variety of plants including tomato, brinjal and lettuce, as well as a banana tree.

Since 2016, Pune-based Sameer has been growing vegetables using aquaponics, and has experimented with different kinds of fish to refine his technique. He has regular customers in his neighbourhood who buy fresh produce from him

If the ever-rising vegetable prices have you in a fix, aquaponics is the solution you were looking for!