Aussie Scientist has a mission

August 29, 2008

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An Australian scientist is on a mission of a different kind at an international aquaculture conference this week, hoping to raise $100,000 for a fish farm project in Africa – funded by fellow delegates.

Steve Magarry’s been working on the Rwanda Village of Hope project in his own time after hearing about volunteers who’d built homes for widows and orphans who survived the country’s genocide in 1994.

He says other countries could also adopt the system but he needs a thousand dollars from a hundred Australian companies to make it happen.

“We’re looking at an aquaponics project which is to grow your aquaculture of your fish but also hydroponic fruit vegetables and value added products,” he said.

“The bottom line is food security and poverty reduction and the aquaponics and sustainable development is something that we can put towards making a real difference.”

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