Vertical farming provides an enterprising solution to these concerns. Vertical farming utilizes stacked levels of growing racks and beds to maximize grow space per square foot of land and typically uses hydroponics to reduce water use.
Similarly, film farming is a new agricultural technique developed in Japan for the soilless cultivation of crops while drastically reducing water use. Film farming has the potential to be integrated into vertical farming systems to improve water use efficiency, and further improve food safety.
This, however, relies on the possible improvements in yield and plant quality to increase sales volume and price to offset the added cost of film farming.
This review illustrates a cost-benefit analysis of a theoretical vertical farming to show the yield increase and price point needed for film farming integration to be viable as 27 247 kg (43.57%) and $9.67/kg (26.90%) respectively. This review also shows the benefits to yield and quality is enough for the integration to be viable.
This review illustrates a cost-benefit analysis of a theoretical VF to show the yield increase and price point needed for film farming integration to be viable as 27 247 kg (43.57%) and $9.67/kg (26.90%) respectively. This review also shows the benefits to yield and quality is enough for the integration to be viable.
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