Setting Up Commercial Hydroponic Farming Systems in India

• Sep 09
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Hydroponics means Growing plants in water fortified with essential nutrients, an alternate farming system, quite different from conventional open field farming. Whereas, field farming is not only resource intensive and dependant on a number of soils, climate and pest infestation factors, hydroponic farming is carried under controlled environment with maximum horizontal and vertical space utilization. As per the estimates of FAO, by the year 2050, nearly 75 percent of the world population will be living in urban areas clamouring for the supply of fresh vegetables and fruits. Therefore, it is expected that hydroponic farming will be the bed rock of Urban Farming (UF) in the times to come and a number of commercial vertical hydroponic farms will come up in and around the cities to meet the voluminous demand of fresh vegetables and herbs. Given the above context an entrepreneur willing to venture into hydroponic farming, generally asks “Is Commercial Hydroponics Profitable?” The answer in short is “Yes”, however, hydroponic farming is far more knowledge based and requires more initial cost compared to field farming. Therefore, in order to be a sure success in commercial hydroponic farming one must be well trained and have a detailed project report as well as a bankable project ready to know the profitability and obtain loan etc. School of Hydroponics at Greater Noida runs a number of offline and online courses on commercial hydroponic farming of varying durations for entrepreneurs as well as for the beginners based on contemporary knowhow and conducted on the state-of-the-art plant factories. A complete consultancy for setting up and operationalizing hydroponic systems of various scales on turn key basis is also provided by the School of Hydroponics.