| |AUGUST 202119E ven though agriculture has been the source of nutrition since time immemorial, in the past few decades its reputation has been riddled with accusations of depleting natural resources. As the world gears up to house about 9.8 billion people by 2050, it stares at increasing food production by at least 70 per cent. Globally, owing to unsustainable irrigation practices, 70 per cent of available water on earth is used for agricultural production. About 38 per cent of earth's land, except for the frozen parts, is used for growing food and by 2050, an estimated 593 million hectares of land, double the size of India, will be needed to meet the projected calorie needs of the global population. Therefore, it is feared that many ecosystems may vanish and manmade disasters such as deforestation and climate emergency may aggravate. In turn, the pursuit for food may end up threatening food security, especially in dry or water-stressed countries like India. Considerations like these are the driving force behind emergence of sophisticated and water-smart technologies such as hydroponics. HYDROPONICS PROMOTE BETTER ABSORPTION OF NUTRIENTSHydroponics is a subset of hydro culture and a type of controlled environment agriculture (CEA) in which seeds are planted in non-soil mediums for growth such as coconut husk, LED lighting meets the energy needs, and nutrient-infused water is absorbed by the plant roots and circulated to the rest of its parts. While the actual process is believed to be the basis of the historical Hanging Garden of Babylon, the modern-day concept was developed by a German botanist Julius Sachs in the 19th century. He examined differences between plants grown in soil and those grown in water to find that plants only needed the nutrients derived from microorganisms that live in the soil, and not the soil itself, to grow. Sachs published the "nutrient solution" formula for growing plants in water in 1860, which set the foundation for hydroponics, as we know it today. He identified that plants take nutrients like copper, calcium, manganese, zinc, sulphur, iron, chlorine, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, boron, molybdenum, and magnesium from water and IS THE HYDROPONIC SYSTEM A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE FOR THE INDIAN FARMING COMMUNITY?By Rajesh Aggarwal, Managing Director, Insecticides IndiaIndiaKoru UX Design LLP6th Floor, 602, Pride House,Near Chaturshringi Mandir,Ganeshkhind Road, Shivaji Nagar,Pune - 411016 IndiaContact us todayto get started+91 84848 86545hello@koruux.comwww.koruux.comUSAKoru UX Design Inc.Chevy Chase Drive,Austin, Texas, 78752, USADrive more ROIfrom your enterprise application and SaaS products with a UX AuditPlan your business roadmap for 2020 based on what's working for your application and what needs to be changed. Get a UX audit to find out what are the crucial pain points for the users of your application.
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