Senator Cynthia Villar, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, together with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, have set up an aquaponics facility to benefit a community in Las Piñas. Urban aquaponics is part of BFAR’s Fisheries Resiliency Projects to address food-related challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Aquaponics or hydroponics is a way of growing vegetables without soil and at the same time growing fish in the same setup as well.

Ramos-Araneta, M. (2020, June 20). Villar, BFAR set up aquaponics facility. Manila Standard, p. A3.