VERTICAL FARMING - AN OVERVIEW
Purabi Barui, Pritam Ghosh, Udit Debangshi
Abstract
The land has become an expensive unit in India due to its diversion following urbanization, industrialization etc. Further, migration and settlement of rural people in urban areas has been increasing at an alarming rate.As the world's population continues to grow at an exponential rate, fundamental changes are expected to occur over the next 50 years, by 2050, the world's population is expected to reach 9 billion people, with cities hosting roughly 80% of this population.Furthermore, 80 percent of the total arable land on the planet is currently in use.Due to rising food demand, more arable land must be used for farming, as well as farming efforts must be intensified, affecting global agriculture.Designing and developing vertical farms is a new method that could potentially meet this demand.Vertical farming, on the other hand, is a relatively new concept, and few studies have looked into how to integrate it into an urban setting.