Economic of a six-story stacked protected farm structure

Amaresh Sarkar () and Mrinmoy Majumder
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Amaresh Sarkar: National Institute of Technology
Mrinmoy Majumder: National Institute of Technology

Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2019, vol. 21, issue 3, No 1, 1075-1089

Abstract: Abstract A multi-story stacked protected farm is a high-tech structure for growing vegetables on multi-stacks in each floor under optimally controlled environments in a location where the weather or the soil is not conducive. An attempt has been made in this paper to evaluate economic of a six-story protected farm on a land in Delhi city, India, that having 3-layered stacked in each story. The study revealed that crop yield under the multi-story stacked protected farming system is significantly high. The initial unit cost of construction of the farm is high, but the operating cost is very less. It has several eco-friendly advantages compared with open field farming. Importantly, growing food within cities prevents the need for transportation of crops from distant farmlands to urban areas which reduces the food transportation carbon footprint.

Keywords: Controlled environment farming; Vertical farming; Protected infrastructures; Hi-tech farming (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/s10668-018-0088-0

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