ANALYSIS OF USING MODERN PLANT CULTIVATION UNITS IN CITY FARMING AND ITS DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS
M. N. Erokhin, D. M. Skorokhodov, A N Skorokhodova, ALEKSANDR A. ANISIMOV, Roman Potemkin
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Urban Farm DB summary
This review discusses modern modular plant-cultivation devices for city farming, identifying technological factors, plant parameters, ambient temperature, air humidity and lighting as the main variables governing crop growth under intensive cultivation systems that avoid plant-protection chemicals. It argues that separately developing cultivation technology and equipment for each crop's agrotechnical requirements, and standardizing modular unit design and manufacturing, would reduce design work, shorten design time, improve equipment quality and reliability, and lower production costs when modules are manufactured in series. No experimental data are presented.