The NjordFrey provide tech-enabled aquaponic farming solutions to empower millions of smallholder farmers achieve income and food security. This is achieved through core activities including designing and building aquaponic farming solutions for the context of rural Rwanda.

The current design is for 40 farmers to run a one-hectare-sized farm with our support, design, build and integrate a digital monitoring system that measures the health of fish/crops/water within the system to support farmers maximise the yield/revenue of the farm, secure reliable channels for inputs i.e., seeds, fish feed, peatmoss, supplements, electricity (via solar power as well as selling fish/crop produce to local markets and wholesalers to ensure revenue.

However, NjordFrey’s operational challenges are intricately linked to the circular economy principles, which aim to maximise resource use and minimise waste through continual use of resources. The issues identified, such as inefficient nutrient cycling, high energy requirements, dependency on quality inputs, and waste management, highlight gaps in achieving a fully circular system within their aquaponics operations.