Biophysical environments, socio-economic, and political shocks that hamper food production and affect access to food are a treat towards a country's capacity to achieve and maintain food security. Over the past couple of decades, food production at a commercial scale in non-traditional food production environments have been emerging. Among other agricultural systems, the opportunities aquaponics systems present are becoming more apparent. Nonetheless, aquaponics' ability to bring together hydroponics and aquaculture to produce nutritious food has prompted more attention in terms of its economic viability and sustainability. In this paper, we present the reasons why aquaponics might be part of the solution in arid countries with particular focus on the State of Qatar.

阻碍粮食生产并影响粮食获取的生物物理环境，社会经济和政治冲击是对一国实现和维持粮食安全能力的一种对待。在过去的几十年中，已经出现了在非传统食品生产环境中以商业规模进行食品生产的情况。在其他农业系统中，存在的共养系统的机会越来越明显。尽管如此，水培法将水培法和水产养殖结合起来以生产营养食品的能力在其经济可行性和可持续性方面引起了更多关注。在本文中，我们介绍了为什么在干旱国家（特别是卡塔尔国）将鱼菜共生作为解决方案的一部分的原因。