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AmpliAqua is a fully operational unit of an Aquaponic System based on an innovative, proprietary IP that demonstrates how inland fish farming can adopt a sustainable and viable Aquaponic systems, by integrating new solutions for ensuring adequate solid waste management, avoiding fish off-flavour through cost-efficient techniques, and integrating advanced IT tools, unlike standard solutions used in traditional fish farming. The food system is one of major driving forces of climate change and environmental degradation, with EU importing over 70% of the sea food that it consumes, and aquaculture products (including imports) representing less than 25% of EU’s overall consumption of these products. Aquaculture and hydroponics when used in combination and in balance of micro-nutrients (Aquaponics) represent a technology with the potential to play a key role in creating a more sustainable and resilient agri-food systems (as defined by EU strategies-Green Deal), through the development of a symbiotic ecosystem that requires less land and water and contributes for CO2 mitigation. Introduces key innovations to aquaponic systems that increases its productivity and sustainability when producing fish (aquaculture), greens (hydroponics) and micro-algae. This multitrophic system contributes for CO2 mitigation, resulting from algae and plants capture, and solid waste treatment in a biodigester minimising the GHG emissions. AmpliAqua is modular & replicable and can be deployed globally, even in areas with limited resources. The project is led by BGI, a deep technology startup accelerator with strong focus on sustainability and a track record of having supported over 150 ventures in preparing their Go to Market strategies. The partnership includes F4S, a collaborative laboratory of the national scientific and technological system, that facilitates R&D products to reach the market, focus on sustainable food, Aqualgae, experts in micro-algae production and IDN, experts on Aquaculture.