Agriculture: SUST Design of a Supportive Intervention

Supporting and Understanding Sustainability Transitions (SUST)
ECS-67100

Title of Project: Afvalwater - A Sustainable Approach to Wastewater Treatment in the Netherlands

Notation: The project is self-contained and not associated with WUR. I am working on this project alone and have already done an initial pitch/proposal. In this assignment I will be discussing both the initial proposal and edits that have been made while working with the facilities to start the project.

MSc Experiment concept #1: Aquaponics

Initial Concept:

Aquaponics based farming practices for rural villages. Vegetable based pellet feed for Tilapia to increase nutrients in meat.

Purpose:

To identify ways of increasing nutrient intake in the populace via small-scale, sustainable agricultural practices.