Project Name : Low Space Urban Farming
Theme Name : Natural Resource & their Conservation
Techniques ” Making Green Ecosystem Outside and Inside”
Objective/Aim:
1) To utilize the unused space of high skyscrapers for a beneficial purpose.
2) To increase the production of herbs.
3) To make environment more green and reduce global warming & pollution.
Scientific Principle:
Hydroponics: i.e. soil-less culture or minimal use of soil by dissolving in water the nutrients needed by plants e.g., NPK and micronutrient.
Aquaponics: It is concerned with recycling of aquarium water for cultivation of
plants.
Pink Light Indoor Farming: This technique exhibits growing plants inside the house by using a technique that replaces the role of sun i.e. by using pink light formed by combining red and blue light. This technique helps the plants to utilize the light and is helpful in their growth. Thus, the living rooms can be made much more elegant by using small indoor farms.
Rooftop Farming: Farming on the rooftops with the help of a layer of soil.
Drip Irrigation: Regulating the irrigation by using saline tube drips for water conservation.
Use of Solar Energy: Solar panels have been installed to generate electricity for LED & Pumps.
Bottle Farming: In this technique, small bottles are utilized to be tied on the window panels so that small plants could be grown. A pump supplies water to all the bottles. No water is wasted as it is reused again and again.
Rain Water Harvesting: The rain water that falls on rooftops and gets wasted could be used in rooftop farming.
Material Used: Wooden structures, Old PVC pipes, Water cooler pump, used cold drink bottles, Self prepared nutrient solution, Tray, Red and blue LED bulbs. Solar panel, plastic container, aquarium & saline drips.
Working: The working of the model basically involves farming on the rooftops with the help of a layer of soil, soil–less culture or minimal use of soil by dissolving in water the basic nutrients needed by plants such as micronutrients, nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium or using aquarium water. The drip irrigation and solar panels help in conversation of water & energy.
Future Scope:
1) Vertical farming can be used in places of arid climate, crowded urban city centers and areas that receive less sunlight.
2) Hydroponics is used by NASA to grow food in space.
3) An indoor farm produces a yield 100 times greater than the same size of land outside could produce annually.
4) It is estimated that by the year 2050, close to 80% of the world’s population will live in urban areas and the total population of the world will increases by 2.5 billion people. Vertical farms may eliminate the need to create additional farmland and help create a cleaner environment.
5) Vertical farming would reduce the need for new farmland due to overpopulation, thus saving many natural resources.
Name of the School: O.P. Jindal Modern School, Hissar, Haryana.
