WHY AND HOW TO PROMOTE AQUAPONICS IN HIGH SCHOOL?  ASSESSEMENT OF A FIVE-YEAR PROJECT

 Within the framework of a multi-year agreement between the Territorial Council of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon  (SPM)  and the University of Lorraine (2018-2023), several innovative educational actions have been carried out with the central objective of introducing students to various soil-less production methods. Indeed, given the climate and soil conditions of the archipelago, these methods could represent a real opportunity to significantly increase local agricultural production.

Two projects were conducted in SPM : the first at the Emile Letournel high school in Saint-Pierre for 3 years (2018-2021), and the second at the Ecole du Socle in Miquelon for one year (2021), as well as in Nancy (Figures 1,2) .

In conclusion, more than 30 students from the IUT Nancy-Brabois (University of Lorraine) were involved to help  about 20  teachers  to  develop new activities or solve technical problems. In total, 300 students from the archipelago and metropolitan France , from kindergarten to high school, have been made aware of these new production methods. At the same time, this project has allowed the development of a real network of schools between the archipelago and metropolitan France, as well as Canada . This project

will be pursued at least durin g the next three years.