It is absolutely not required to say hydroponic farming has provided a resource-efficient & adaptable practice of agriculture. This farming practice uses less space and water than conventional farming. It also doesn’t rely on the quality of soil & delivers higher yields.
Hydroponic farming involves growing vegetation or plants in water supplemented with minerals, or in an immobile medium like rock wool or gravel, through which nutrient-supplemented water goes through. There’re presently commercial hydroponic farms in America’s Sonoran Desert, Western Europe, Japan and Canada, producing veggies with great commercial accomplishment.
Recent figures disclosed that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has the maximum per capita use of water in the globe, with irrigation accounting for 50% of water consumed. Commercial hydroponic farming needs 5% of the water and 13% of the space, that ground-based farming requires to deliver the same yield. In greenhouse conditions, plants could be grown year around & much closer together.
In addition, farmers guesstimate that 90% of the water consumed in hydroponic agriculture can be recycled. Hydroponic farming is especially attractive for the Middle East, as this region remains almost dry throughout the year.
Hydroponic farming is absolutely unique as they don’t need any rich soil. Indeed several of the globe’s biggest hydroponic farms are established in the deserts of the Middle East and other parts of the world where soil is unfertile.
The best part of hydroponic farming is that almost all of the minerals poured into the budding medium are soaked up by the plant, making it more effective and increase productivity as well. Through such innovative farming method, cultivators can get nearly 550 tons of vegetables per acre, compared to the standard yield of fifteen tons per acre using conventional farming.
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