 aquaculture combination of fish production and plant fertiliser aquaculture combination of fish production and plant fertiliser on display at the exhibition of innovations were models of a grow media type aquaponics setup this is a recycling system where fishes are grown in a tank and their excreted waste is filtered out of the water and supplied to the plants as food it should be noted that instead of using soil plants are grown on gravel or hydroton on the surface of the water the innovator of this genius technique ms samantha forrester is a lecturer within the faculty of agriculture and forestry ug for over 9 years her climatesmart adaptation tackles one major concern which leads to the merging of these two techniques mrs forrester explained that she was able to incorporate a system which reduces pollution from aquaculture farms while also addressing the problem of food security it is her hope that the models can be upscaled to much larger units which have the potential to provide a source of income for persons while also improving their nutritional status andydindial tue 2142023 1051  