Vertical farming is the practice of growing crops in stacked layers or vertically. As the world population grows to 9.2 billion by 2050, vertical farming can help address issues of limited arable land and food security. Vertical farms use technologies like LED lighting, hydroponics, and aeroponics to grow plants faster and with higher yields than traditional farming, while using less water, land, and agrochemicals. Potential disadvantages include high initial costs and energy usage, but vertical farming offers environmental and sustainability benefits for urban food production.

2. “We live vertically,
why can’t we farm
vertically”

3. VERTICAL FARMING
K.PREETHI
P.MOHANA GOWRI

4. OVERVIEW
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 Introduction
 Technologies and
devices
 Advantages
 Disadvantages
 Conclusions

5. INTRODUCTION
 According to the united nations population
division ,the world population will increase from
about 6.9 billion in 2010 to 9.2 billion in 2050,of
which 70% will live in urban centres.
 Currently, the rate of growth per year is about 80
million .
 Almost all of this net population increase 97% is
in developing country.

6. Global challenges
 Feeding the world
 Shifts in climate patterns
 Diminishing amounts of arable land
 Repairing the environment
 Safe and abundance water supply
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7. Introduction to vertical
farming
 The term vetical farming was coined by gilbert ellis
bailey in 1915 .
 It refers to growing plants in layers, whether in a
multistory skyscraper ,used warehouse,or shipping
container.
 It uses conventional farming methods such as
hydroponics and aeroponics to produce more yields
faster. 7

8. TYPES
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9. TECHNOLOGIES AND DEVICES
 Hydroponics/aeroponics/aquaponics
 LED(light emitting diode) or HPS (high pressure sodium)
 A large amount of red light causes a plant to flower and
blue light causes a plant to grow
 Fully controlled environment
 Agricultural robots
 Skysrappers
 The folkwall and other vertical growing architectures.
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10. Advantages
 No agricultural runoff
 Can grow bio-fuels ,plants derived drugs.
 No crop loss from severe weather events
 Uses relatively less water ,no agro chemicals,
 Allows repaires of damaged ecosystems.
 Remediated gray water
 only 5% of the water used in the production of
same quantity of vegetables in an open field. 10

11. Disadvantages
• Economics
• Energy use
• pollution
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12. Conclusions
 Vertical farming can be the best alternative for the city dewellers
 Vertical farming can deliver food in environmentally,socially in sustainable
ways ,improve global food security
 The findings indicate that vertical farming is a concept that is in its technical
infancy but does hold promoie for future cities
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