Edible plants that like the salty waters of Makoko
Below are the plants I intend to try growing with the poor in Makoko - these plants are edible and can be sold for food. They will also help to clean the waters of Lagos Lagoon which has high levels of ammonia based chemicals in the lagoon. The aquaponic systems will pull water from the lagoon into the plant troughs which will also help make the mud looking waters look cleaner and hopefully smell better. One of my first goals on arrival will be to survey the local plants along the banks of the Lagos lagoon to evaluate which plants can be grown for profit within the aquaponic system. We will start with aquaponics because it's easy to begin with growing plants from the rich lagoon waters with a simple pump and troughs mounted on the outer walls of the houses. The illustration above is a complete aquaculture system (includes fish production) which will be an upgrade from the starting system that just uses brackish lagoon water. So imagine the system above using the water from th
