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LALX GOLDEN KEY CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION and MANU FARMS in collaboration with the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP); and, the Local Governments Units (LGU’s) in the Central Luzon and CALABARZON Region will adopt a holistic and sustainable strategy as regards to the development and implementation of this aquaponics project in order to achieve the following milestone; to wit:

6.1.Pre-implementation activities which include the hiring of personnel. There is also a need to work-out market contracts for the produce of the farm

6.2.Digital greenhouse. This includes the site development where the location will be prepared for the construction of the greenhouse. The Tayabas Quezon site will be a full-blown set while the rest of the sites will make use of the containervan set-up. (Refer to the engineering design). The construction of the greenhouse will include structural installation, plumbing, electrical and office set-up. The greenhouse will also be weatherproof to ensure continued production of high value, fully organic crops even on typhoons and other natural calamities. The greenhouses will have “I” beams as posts and metal tubes that will stand even the worst of weather conditions. Metal plates clipped on the side would easily drop to protect the crops from strong wind. 6.3.Aquaponics system. Construction of the grow beds and fish tanks which includes the plumbing and electrical. The aquaponics system will be set-up. The crops will be planted and the fish will be put in the fish tanks

6.4.technology system. Embedding of digital components such as sensors for the quality of water, solar panels for continued operation even off-grid and other modern technology to be at par or even better than other countries. This includes the dashboard for monitoring the crops. The data gathered includes water level, water temperature, water ph, water dissolved oxygen, water flow and others.

6.5.Capacity building. Conduct Aquaponic Training to the beneficiaries and possible adopters of the technology

AQUAPONICS SET-UP AND SITE DISCUSSION

All the five aforementioned sites will be leased on a twenty-five (25) year term and may be renewed afterwards, the farm will be in a container van set-up with the following details:

- Three (3) 20 ft. container vans per site, 2 will serve as aquaponicssystems, while 1 will be used as a nursery and office to monitor farm operations
• eight (8) DWC levels with 4 lines per level on each van
• sensors on each system to monitor water level, ph level, dissolved solid
• Five (5) solar panels on the roof for a combined off grid and on grid operation
• generator sets for extreme circumstances such as long typhoons and power outages

Methodology

As stated above, an aquaponics system operates on the symbiotic relationship between plants and fish. Fish waste is converted to nutrients for the plants and the plants, after absorbing the nutrients in turn supply the fish with clean water to survive. In this cycle, only fish feed is needed for the survival of both plants and animals. No fertilizer or pesticides are added ensuring a fully organic crop produce with the fish as additional income potential. In the proposed set up, the fish tanks are connected to the biofilters, then to the crop beds, and then back to the fish tanks for the complete cycle. For Dolores Quezon and Pandi sites, it all starts with planting seeds at least two weeks before the actual crop beds are laid, so that when the beds are finished, we can start planting every other day until the 30th day when the planting and harvesting process starts. We harvest crops on the other end of the line and plant new seedlings at the start. We plan on harvesting an average of 900 heads of lettuce every other day per site, while planting around 1,000 seedlings also on every harvest ensuring a continuous cycle of planting and harvesting. The volume to be harvested and the length of production cycle is dependent on the crop. The fish or aqua culture consists of 1,000 tilapia per fish tank and is expected to produce around15,000 heads per site harvested every 3 to 4 months and replaced with new fingerlings from the separate fish tanks.

While for the container van approach of the other sites, a more conservative cycle is deemed appropriate. Since we will be using deep water culture pipes, the harvest and plant system would not be applicable. Therefore, a careful planning on the type of crops to plant has been considered. Only high value crops will be propagated to ensure an income generating process. We will be following the standard growing cycle for the crop.