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Nowcasting and forecasting aquaponics by Google Trends in European countries

Aquaponics, an innovation in agricultural systems of production and food supply which combines aquaculture fish production with hydroponic production of vegetables, represents a valuable option to overcome the food needs of a constantly increasing world population, it can do so by improving producti...

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Published in:Technological forecasting & social change 2018-09, Vol.134, p.178-185
Main Author: Palma Lampreia Dos Santos, Maria José
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subjects Agrarian structures
Agricultural production
Aquaculture
Aquaponics
Econometrics
European Aquaponics HUB
Fishing
Food
Forecasting
Google Trends
Hydroponics
Innovation food production
Innovations
Legislation
Multivariate analysis
Nowcasting
Quantitative analysis
Trends
World population
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