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Tuesday, December 22, 2015
HYDROPONICS AND FOOD SECURITY.
Benefits of hydroponics.
1) There is no need for soil means more food can be grown on less land,this is ideal for a growing, urbanizing global population.
2) Yields can be up to 10 times more than from open field agriculture.
3) The water used can be recycled.
4) Farms can be anywhere, from skyscrapers to shipping containers.
5)Pollution from pesticides and herbicides can be prevented.
6)Local production reduces food miles and transportation costs.
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A tech firm Fujitsu , at its Aizu Wakamatsu factory in central Japan is applying cloud-based data analytic s to the production of low-potassium lettuce and spinach.The operation takes place in a dust-free "clean-room" formerly used for semiconductor production.
Fujitsu's cloud platform - Akisai - stores and analyses data from lots of sensors in the greenhouses, and enables heating units, ventilation fans and other equipment to be operated remotely."In terms of quality, we have applied the same industrial perspective from semiconductor manufacturing to vegetable cultivation," a Fujitsu spokesman tells the BBC.
"Having a control structure that keeps product specifications - the weight and nutrient constituent-parts of lettuce - within a defined range, makes for effective high added-value vegetable production."
The company sells the lettuce it produces to hospitals, supermarkets, and hotels - as well as online - and says its cloud service is collecting valuable data that is leading to improved quality and higher yields. Fujitsu's insights and efficiency improvements could also encourage more producers to enter the market and "lead to an increase in younger generations getting into agriculture", the spokesman adds.
Story credit;BBC news.
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