Documentation & Inspiration
Our idea is not new. Farming on floating rafts has been applied in other projects on the world. Listed below you will find links to other projects and documentation about floating farms and farming with aquaponics techniques.
Links to other projects and documents
Articles
Aquaponic farming saves water, but can it feed the country?
Aquaponics farming
As seas rise, Bangladesh farmers revive floating farms
Floating Farms
The Gambia country strategic plan (2024–2028)
World Food Programma (PDF)
UN Development Goals
Migration Profile THE GAMBIA
World Food Programma (PDF)
UN Development Goals
Farming Tilapia
Kenya Government
OUR MOVIE
This is the movie that Kevin de Zwart & Musa Bah produced together in the Gambia. We divided it in three parts.
In the first part of the video serie we highlight how serious deforestation in the Gambia is at the moment. It’s shocking how much forest already has been lost. Later in part 3 you will see how deforestation is affecting groundwater levels and how people have to find new land to farm.
Tree Growing Revolution
Luckily there is also hope and there are amazing people working on reforestation project like Mr Ansumana Darboe. In this episode we will visit him at his farm.
Vanishing groundwater
With less rain every year and intensive deforestation groundwater levels are now dropping. What are you going to do when you have no water anymore? We will Follow stromg woman and farmer Binta to see the problems she faces.
YouTube inspiration
The challenge with floating farms is that there’s very little information available about them. YouTube is actually the best source of inspiration when it comes to seeing what others are doing and how they’re doing it. We’ve gathered the best videos on floating farms that are available and placed them here for you.
A great method for floating farming used by people in south-east Asia. Lettuce grows much quicker when grown with aquaponics techniques. There are also other smart ideas in this video!
This is the technique we will use in our pilot project
In this video you will the concept of floating farms with a bamboo raft. All natural products. To create soil, waterhyacint is harvested and up to dry on the rafts. They will slowly change into soil to put plants in.
Farming on floating rafts, the Thai way
Another great example of a small farm in Thailand where this technique is used. Here, the people also use cow dung as soil for the rafts, mixed with vegetation. The rafts are smaller so they can be moved.
This video was hard to find but very informative. It’s from Bangladesh and it explains the reasons, the techniques and benefits for the local community.
This is the technique we will use in our pilot project
In this video you will the concept of floating farms with a bamboo raft. All natural products. To create soil, waterhyacint is harvested and up to dry on the rafts. They will slowly change into soil to put plants in.
Farming on floating rafts, the Thai way
Another great example of a small farm in Thailand where this technique is used. Here, the people also use cow dung as soil for the rafts, mixed with vegetation. The rafts are smaller so they can be moved.
Farming rice with floating rafts
Also rice can be cultivated in floating systems. In China they are already working with this technique in a small scale. Not much information can be found about it, but the potentials are amazing.
Producing rice on floating rafts in China
In this video you will the concept of floating farms with a bamboo raft. All natural products. To create soil, waterhyacint is harvested and up to dry on the rafts. They will slowly change into soil to put plants in.
Farming on floating rafts, the Thai way
Another great example of a small farm in Thailand where this technique is used. Here, the people also use cow dung as soil for the rafts, mixed with vegetation. The rafts are smaller so they can be moved.