Vertical farming is one of the modern technique of crops farming on vertically stacked layers Usually grown in indoors under artificial electric bulbs and suitable temperature
This technique of crops farming has been pioneered by Japan and also has the largest share in the global. You might heard hanging garden of Babylon which is one of wonders in the world is also a type of vertical technique . Now countries like USA, Denmark and other European nations also promoted it
It is basically for the purpose of growing higher productivity in smaller spaces in order to feed the growing demand.
Since these crops are not subject to seasons (indoor farming), so that it grows well in suitable temperature conditions without getting affected. Unlike in traditional farming in feilds are exposed to severe temperature by the sun light and also prone to inadequate or more than enough rainfall water and cold frost. Its benefits are not least as we expected because it requires less water and pesticides and also nutrients rich which makes it apart from traditional crops.
In traditional farming people have to invest more time,money and physical strength where as in verticle farming it only requires expertise, some money or less time and physical strength needed very less.
One of the unique thing in this crop farming which keeps it apart from different species of food crop is it uses soil-less method as hydroponics, Aquaphones and Aerophonics . All these crops are equally nutrients rich as a crop grown on land.
Now let's look for, why verticle farming is the future food?
As we now human population is growing at a rapid rate which tends to rapid urbanization, cutting of trees, construction of networks roads for quick communication and transportation, or taking cultivated lands under construction for infrastructure. All this tends to increase immense pressure on limited cultivated land. People use more fertilizer for growing crops yield. Apart from this climate change makes the traditional crops prone to degrading crops quality and quantity. In addition to this harsh climate or changing climate created vermin i.e growing of certain species in uncontrolled numbers or evolution of new species particularly agricultural species which attack on land crops which further aggravated the plight of farmers. In order to get reed from this people often use pesticides which penetrated into the underground and makes poison and other consequences and thus making a vicious cycle .
In present scenario human beings act as a catalyst which makes the god gifted world worse and its consequences can be observed easily in agriculture sector as over farming, over grazing and over.... Which makes the entire ecosystem on the verse of distortion. In which Arable land is quickly dispersing.
Now scientist look for a substitute in which more food with less space, new approaches to be started as a result vertical farming is acheaving feat which emphasized on sustainability and off course nutrients rich .
However it also has some reverse consequences such as close inspection and replacement of minerals from time to time and most important capital to meet all entire expenses
Whatever the pros and cons of this technique farming ,We have to choose sustainable path which drives us from desperation to some kind of hope.
At last thanks to our wisdom which sooner or later shaken for a good mankind.