Scientists have successfully grown rice in the harsh deserts of China’s Xinjiang region in half the time compared to conventional farming methods, a major step in the country’s campaign to ensure food security.
आप सोच रहे होंगे कि छत पर खेती (Terrace Farming) करने के लिए ढेर सारी मिट्टी की जरूरत होगी। वहां क्यारी बनाना होगा। फिर उसमें पौधों की रोपाई होगी। लेकिन ऐसा बिल्कुल भी नहीं है। खेती की एक नई तकनीक आई है, हाइड्रोपॉनिक्स (Hydroponics)। इस तकनीक से खेती करने के लिए मिट्टी की जरूरत नहीं होती है।
Vertical Farming: With Less Water, Over Smaller Areas
Vertical farms are also preferred because their food is organic, of high quality and the supply is predictable. Outlook Web Bureau Feb 17, 2021
Land and water are both receding as population of the world goes on increasing, and the responsibility to feed the people is getting harder by the day, which is why experts are suggesting various alternative means, like vertical farming.
Vertical farms can be indoors and can be placed anywhere, thus reducing the pressure to secure farmable land. Many farm consultants and professionals are reinventing and revolutionising the entire process.
This method of farming helps products to be grown year-round. The quality and quantity of produce is improved, that too using up to over 95-98 per cent less of water and land.