Informatics Publishing Limited

C. Aswath ¹, G. Selvakumar ¹, Christine Zimmerman ², Mohan Bajikar ³

Affiliations
1 ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hessaraghatta Lake Post, Bengaluru 560 089, IN
2 Association for Vertical Farming, Munich, DE
3 Vertical Farming Association (India), Mumbai 400 104, IN

Abstract

It is estimated that by the year 2050, the world's population would increase to ten billion, and close to 80% of human settlements would be concentrated in and around urban locations. To feed this urban-centric population, huge tracts of land would be required.

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