Hydroponics- the Corner Stone for Transforming Future Urban Horticulture

• Sep 11
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Estimates of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations reckon that by 2050, nearly 75 percent of the 9 billion world population would be living in the urban areas, this situation is likely to trigger a revolution in the farming systems and most of the urban horticultural food production systems would turn to alternate soilless farming system of hydroponic gardening. This shall be essentially be so because indoor hydroponic gardening will not only save the space but will also minimize the use of other resources while assuring food safety and maximizing the use of Artificial Intelligence in indoor farming.

The benefits of hydroponics farming lie in possibility of growing food crops under control environment anywhere, may be even in space. Vertical hydroponic production systems by utilizing vertical space, increase production, productivity and profitability many folds. Hydroponic systems optimize the use of water, fertilizers and other agrochemicals and result in horticultural produce that is free of hazardous chemicals and residues. Furthermore, in hydroponic farming one gets rid of the limitation of following crop rotations as a number of batches of the same crop can be grown repeatedly in the same hydroponic set up. Another benefit of hydroponics is control over the quality of produce and its alteration by changing nutrient solution regimes at different stages of plant growth.