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Dániel Ratkóczy, Tamás Mizik and Zoltán Szabó

GAZDÁLKODÁS: Scientific Journal on Agricultural Economics, 2025, vol. 67, issue 02

Abstract: Overpopulation and climate change both pose serious challenges to humanity, and they also call into question the sustainability of current production systems based on intensive input use. All of this affects the issues of food and food security. Moreover, with population growth, the per capita arable land is constantly decreasing. Closed, multi-level, precision production systems provide a joint answer to these problems. Their advantages include that they are independent of weather conditions, enable continuous production throughout the year, and the production process can be easily automated. Precision technology reduces input use, and there is no need for pesticides in the closed system. However, the biggest disadvantage of the technology is that the production cost is higher compared to traditional production. The results of the romaine lettuce experiment carried out in the basement of the family home are fully consistent with the literature: it is of paramount importance to keep all production parameters at an optimal level, as without this the development of the lettuce will not be ideal. Due to the cost constraint, this was not achieved in terms of temperature, as a result of which the growth of the heads stopped. At the same time, it turned out that the production can be implemented simply and cost-effectively, i.e. there are no technical obstacles to production even in an urban environment. Although this is currently not economically sustainable everywhere (the cost of product production is higher than in the case of arable crop production), its environmental and social benefits are undeniable.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Production Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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