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12 tier ntegrated multi-trophic agriculture & aquaculture (IMTAA) systems AKA (multi trophic aquaponics (MTAp)approach is to create a balanced ecosystem management approach to land based food production integrating agriculture and aquaculture for environmental sustainability (biomitigation), economic stability (product diversification and risk reduction) and societal acceptability (better management practices).

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Comment by matthew ferrell on January 23, 2012 at 5:45am: Alexandre, are you implying that this will be a nature run farm? Nature doesn't have to make a profit, therefore collapses in supply are acceptable. Furthermore, if one looks at predator prey models, a collapse in supply in nature usually cause a reduce in consumers. I highly doubt this outcome is acceptable to humans.

As a farm manager, I can tell you the more components that are human run, the more components will fail at some point. Also choosing just one line, if you are raising alligators and your inputs are only chickens, rabbits, and ducks, I believe you will quickly find that the cost of the inputs(labor, infrastructure, interest) is going to be way more expensive than buying animal byproducts from the local processor. I am all for natural systems, however people often forget that the world is run on profits and sustainability.

Comment by Bill Moore on January 22, 2012 at 7:56am: Ignore previous comment. I just found the "View Full Size" link... dah!

Comment by Bill Moore on January 22, 2012 at 7:55am: Carey.... do you have a high resolution version of this? I can't make out the very small print on the top lines.

Comment by Alexandre Letellier on January 20, 2012 at 6:36am: That many arrows might mean trouble in a human system, like a company or an organization. This however is designed to mimic the product/waste interaction/re-use cycles of nature... If you were to plot the arrows of interactions in a simple pasture you would probably have a hard time to plot them all... In a rain forest forget it... In natural systems the more arrows (diversity/cycles) the more stability and the more surplus to harvest... Nature didn't go for KISS. One type of insect, one bird, one mammal and one type of plant (etc) would be the most unstable and least yielding system you could think of :)

Comment by Carey Ma on January 20, 2012 at 6:32am: Also with crops diversified, there is actually less chance for the whole system to crash.

Comment by Carey Ma on January 20, 2012 at 6:29am: Normally I would agree with you but I believe that nature knows best so I following her footsteps. AP in comparison is as simple as IBS gets however it is not sustainable. Besides this is for whole farm applications not a feed lot operation.

Comment by matthew ferrell on January 20, 2012 at 6:11am: When I see this many arrows I see lots of potential for it all to come crashing down. The KISS principle is usually the best.

Comment by Sahib Punjabi on January 20, 2012 at 5:25am: Love it...any way you could PM this to me in a higher resolution so that I can study it more and try to digest it all as you have planned it.

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