Projects of the Research group Aquaculture Systems

Fish farms in remote tropical regions, such as Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania, face significant challenges with limited and unreliable access to electricity and inefficient resource utilization. This leads to high production costs and limited investment opportunities in local aquaculture…

FEAT4AFRICA aims to strengthen food and nutrition security (FNS) in African urban areas by integrating innovative agri-food technologies within a Living Lab (LL) network that facilitates adoption, diffusion, and social acceptance. The project seeks to improve urban food literacy, enabling citizens…

The AQUAPEALTH aims to develop sustainable IPM strategies, enhance plant health, and bridge the gap between fundamental research and practical applications in soilless systems to enhance plant health, control plant pathogens, and improve resistance to environmental stress.

Is a future without biofilters in RAS possible? The NonBio project explores whether recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) can operate effectively without traditional biofilters, which rely on nitrifying bacteria to convert ammonia (TAN) into nitrate (Ebeling and Timmons 2012). Today's RAS…

NEPAQUA is an international research and innovation project designed to drive a sustainable transition in Nepal’s aquaculture sector. By combining scientific, technical, and community-based approaches, NEPAQUA aims to enhance / food security, / resource efficiency, and / local livelihoods. The…

Development of methods for the sustainable production of carotenoids from microalgae. Strengthening the existing partnership with the Iranian project partner.

This project aims to provide an overview of possible sources for integrating fertilizers derived from UMAMI’s and other local (safe) waste resources into soilless cultivation systems. This would unlock a novel sustainable approach to food production, further increase nutrient recycling, reduce…

In order to ensure a stable population of Arctic char in Lake Zurich in the long term, existing measures (fish stocking and artificial spawning grounds) are being evaluated and optimised. The aim is to make recommendations for terminating useless measures, optimising moderate ones and expanding…

The project focuses on capacity building for soilless technologies (aquaponics, hydroponics, bioponics) through a community of practice, interdisciplinary research, and targeted skill development for vulnerable groups.

The SAMAKI AFYA project aims to improve the health of fish and the profitability of farms through interdisciplinary co-operation.

The Swiss Aquaculture Coordination Centre (KSA) is an association that coordinates interested parties and stakeholders along the aquaculture value chain in Switzerland on behalf of the federal government, cantons, and companies.From 2024, the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO) has…

Novel method for geosmin reduction using probiotics in aquaculture: Upcycling of waste nutrients (backwash slurry of drum sieve filter) to biofloc which will further increase water quality by further nitrification process and simultaneously degradation of the above mentioned off flavor substances by…

The project aims to answer the question of whether it is possible to use an underground cavern for crop production in an economical and sustainable way by using the benefits of underground climate.

The aim of this project is to establish and further develop analytical methods specific to aquaculture so that they can be used in future projects. The methods to be established are: / Trace analysis for off-flavour detection: an existing method for measuring geosmin and 2-MIB in water samples…

INCiTiS-FOOD (Integrated and Circular Technologies for Sustainable city region FOOD systems in Africa) is a 4-year project that aims to improve food and nutrition security (FNS) in African city regions and reduce the food-system-related environmental footprint while contributing to circularity. …

The first step of the project is to test and evaluate existing methods for monitoring the quality of treated domestic grey water for water reuse. These include both sensor-based methods (e.g. SAC254 probes) and newer methods. In a second step, the most promising methods will be tested in ongoing…