UNU/IAS Integrated Bio-Systems Project site
at the Montfort Boys Town, Suva, Fiji.
A visit by Dr. Asifo Ajuyah,
School of Agriculture,The University of the South Pacific,
Alafua Campus, Apia, Western Samoa.
sponsored by IBS project
 
More information: 
see discussion messages at Integrated Bio-Systems Forum 
under subject title: "IBS at Montfort Boys Town, Fiji" 		 More Pictures: 
MBT Food Self-sufficiency Project using  
a livestock-fish-multicrop integrated bio-system
 
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New livestock house (Module 2)  
with water tank (large white structure 
on the right). Constructed 1997-1998 
Photo 1: Asifo Ajuyah. 1999.		 Close view of new livestock house  
with digester on the right.  
Note building design for natural  
ventilation. 
Photo 2: Asifo Ajuyah. 1999.		 Algal basins by the trees in the  
background with Chinese type fixed  
dome digester in the fore-ground  
for new livestock house. 
Photo 3: Asifo Ajuyah. 1999.
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Upper chamber of fixed-dome biogas  
plant in the foreground and  
white-coloured fibreglass digester  
(see also Photo 5) in the background. 
Photo 4: Asifo Ajuyah. 1999.		 20m3 fibreglass digester with inlet  
from livestock house and outlet  
to algae basin. 
Photo 5: Asifo Ajuyah. 1999.		 Algae basin for fibreglass digester. 
Photo 6: Asifo Ajuyah. 1999.
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Shallow basin for alage cultivation  
and nutrient stabilization. 
Photo 7: Asifo Ajuyah. 1999.		 Outlet from shallow algal basin into  
fish pond (3000m2) 
Photo 8: Asifo Ajuyah. 1999.		 One of the two Fish ponds (3000m2)  
of the UNU/IAS IBS Project  
Photo 9: Asifo Ajuyah. 1999.
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New mushroom shed, note shelves  
and door to climate control room. 
Photo 10: Asifo Ajuyah. 1999. 
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IBS Module 1 constructed in 1995-97  
with animal house in background 
and multi-cropping on dykes of  
pond on the left (not in picture). 
Photo 11: Asifo Ajuyah. 1999. 		 Pigs confined outside livestock house. 
Note mushroom house with blue roof  
on the left. 
Photo 12: Asifo Ajuyah. 1999.		 Livestock house note cemented floor  
and rails. 
Photo 13: Asifo Ajuyah. 1999.
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Side view of livestock house with pigs.   
In the background 300 litre water tank 
(blue coloured) for washing of pig  
waste into digester. 
Photo 14: Asifo Ajuyah. 1999.		 Outlet from pig house to rectangular  
digester (20 m3).  Note shallow algae  
basin on top of digester. Foreground  
shows influent pipe from  
animal house leading into the digester . 
Photo 15: Asifo Ajuyah. 1999.		 Shallow basins 3m x 50m in total. 
Photo 16: Asifo Ajuyah. 1999.
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Algal basins 
Photo 17: Asifo Ajuyah. 1999.		 Top view of shallow basins.  
Note links between basins (3). 
Photo 18: Asifo Ajuyah. 1999.		 Overflow water from fish pond to  
multi-cropping field. 
Photo 19: Asifo Ajuyah. 1999.
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Sterilization unit of mushroom  
substitute powered by biogas  
from digester.  Note piping. 
Photo 20: Asifo Ajuyah. 1999. 		 Piping from digester to gas meter to  
facilitate gas production. 
Photo 21: Asifo Ajuyah. 1999.