In Cuba, waste water from fish farming tackles food shortage

AFP | By Supreet Ravindra Sapkal

Published on Oct 25, 2023 06:51 pm IST

In Cuba, two lawyers rely on a symbiotic method, aquaponics, in which waste from the captive fish feeds plants are grown not in soil but in pond.

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Red tilapias swim in a water tank at the JoJo Acuaponics fish farming project in Havana, on October 19. Over the last two years, Cuban entrepreneurs Jose Martinez and Joel Lopez, have used an innovative technique to raise 24 tons of tilapia - a critical source of food for an island nation surrounded by water but not enough fish, reported AFP.( Yamil Lage / AFP)

Published on Oct 25, 2023 06:51 pm IST

Red tilapias swim in a water tank at the JoJo Acuaponics fish farming project in Havana, on October 19. Over the last two years, Cuban entrepreneurs Jose Martinez and Joel Lopez, have used an innovative technique to raise 24 tons of tilapia - a critical source of food for an island nation surrounded by water but not enough fish, reported AFP.( Yamil Lage / AFP)

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A man shows a red tilapia before feeding it at the JoJo Acuaponics fish farming project in Havana. The communist nation is experiencing its worst economic crisis in three decades, with shortages of food, medicine and fuel and projects like these are increasingly important for feeding Cuba's 11 million inhabitants, reported AFP.( Yamil Lage / AFP)

Published on Oct 25, 2023 06:51 pm IST

A man shows a red tilapia before feeding it at the JoJo Acuaponics fish farming project in Havana. The communist nation is experiencing its worst economic crisis in three decades, with shortages of food, medicine and fuel and projects like these are increasingly important for feeding Cuba's 11 million inhabitants, reported AFP.( Yamil Lage / AFP)

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A worker installs a water pipe in a pond at the JoJo Acuaponics fish farming project in Havana. A symbiotic method called aquaponics comprises waste from the captive fish feeds plants grown not in soil but in pond water, The two Cubans have built 12 ponds of 20 cubic meters each, filtered through their roots to be reused for the tanks, reported AFP.  ( Yamil Lage / AFP)

Published on Oct 25, 2023 06:51 pm IST

A worker installs a water pipe in a pond at the JoJo Acuaponics fish farming project in Havana. A symbiotic method called aquaponics comprises waste from the captive fish feeds plants grown not in soil but in pond water, The two Cubans have built 12 ponds of 20 cubic meters each, filtered through their roots to be reused for the tanks, reported AFP. ( Yamil Lage / AFP)

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A man carries red tilapia fingerlings for a water tank at the JoJo Acuaponics fish farming project in Havana. Before the economic crisis of the 1990s brought on by the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Cuba, an important ally, had a fleet that captured some 100,000 tons of fish in international waters every year -- most of it sold at home at subsidized prices, reported AFP. ( Yamil Lage / AFP)

Published on Oct 25, 2023 06:51 pm IST

A man carries red tilapia fingerlings for a water tank at the JoJo Acuaponics fish farming project in Havana. Before the economic crisis of the 1990s brought on by the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Cuba, an important ally, had a fleet that captured some 100,000 tons of fish in international waters every year -- most of it sold at home at subsidized prices, reported AFP. ( Yamil Lage / AFP)

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A man releases red tilapia fingerlings into a water tank at the JoJo Acuaponics fish farming project in Havana. Martinez, co-owner of the enterprise called JoJo Aquaponico says “We sell the fish here in the community as we are a local development project, but part of the production will be sold in the tourism sector so that we can earn the money we need to continue with the project”, reported AFP.  ( Yamil Lage / AFP)

Published on Oct 25, 2023 06:51 pm IST

A man releases red tilapia fingerlings into a water tank at the JoJo Acuaponics fish farming project in Havana. Martinez, co-owner of the enterprise called JoJo Aquaponico says “We sell the fish here in the community as we are a local development project, but part of the production will be sold in the tourism sector so that we can earn the money we need to continue with the project”, reported AFP. ( Yamil Lage / AFP)

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A worker sprays some lettuce plants at the JoJo Acuaponics fish farming project in Havana. In July, deputy prime minister Jorge Luis Tapia proposed that Cubans start cultivating their own fish at home - a practice that was widespread in the the 1990s, reported AFP. ( Yamil Lage / AFP)

Published on Oct 25, 2023 06:51 pm IST

A worker sprays some lettuce plants at the JoJo Acuaponics fish farming project in Havana. In July, deputy prime minister Jorge Luis Tapia proposed that Cubans start cultivating their own fish at home - a practice that was widespread in the the 1990s, reported AFP. ( Yamil Lage / AFP)

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A man feeds red tilapias in a water tank at the JoJo Acuaponics fish farming project in Havana. In these ponds, the tilapia need six months to grow to the required size of 400 grams (14 ounces) for human consumption. Jose Martinez and Joel Lopez, hope to be able to grow 36 tons of vegetables at a time when they have completed building their three greenhouses, reported AFP.  ( Yamil Lage / AFP)

Published on Oct 25, 2023 06:51 pm IST

A man feeds red tilapias in a water tank at the JoJo Acuaponics fish farming project in Havana. In these ponds, the tilapia need six months to grow to the required size of 400 grams (14 ounces) for human consumption. Jose Martinez and Joel Lopez, hope to be able to grow 36 tons of vegetables at a time when they have completed building their three greenhouses, reported AFP. ( Yamil Lage / AFP)

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