Vertical farming (VF) is a novel plant production system that allows local production of high-quality fruits and vegetables for rapidly growing cities. VF offers a myriad of opportunities to move from genetic to environmental modification and to produce crops of guaranteed quality and quantity independent of weather, soil conditions, or climate change. Faced with fewer resources, successfully feeding the world will require more innovative and reliable ways to grow safe food. Vertical farming also allows for a wider variety of crops to be grown at once versus conventional farming which often uses mono-cropping techniques where only one crop is grown year after year. VF is a novel, climate-smart solution that could potentially address these demands.
V.D. Meena*
ICAR- Directorate of Rapeseed-Mustard Research, Bharatpur, Rajasthan (321 303), India
M.L. Dotaniya
M.D. Meena
M.K. Meena
R.L. Choudhary
Harvir Singh
R.S. Jat
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