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Hydroponics in a Nutshell
People Consider hydroponics as a new-age technology, but if you ask me, it’s age-old and well-tested. A clear example is the hanging gardens of Babylon, and there is no rocket science in it. In addition, in 1937, an American scientist, Dr. W.E. Gericke, described this method.
Hydroponics is just a type of agriculture that uses a fortified nutrient solution to grow plants with better yields in a smaller area. The development of science and agriculture has shifted hydroponics to a new agricultural technique where plants with better texture, quality, genetics, all-year supply, and yield with fewer resources can be grown with the knowledge of nutrient management, variable monitoring, and some know-how of gardening.
Initially, the idea was to grow plants in a hydroponics setup to get more yield and eliminate the use of fertilizers, but with the advent of scientific advancement by integrating science and technology with agriculture, a new dimension of farming has been left open: controlling and monitoring the various parameters from a remote location, 100% reproducibility through crop cycle data in the cloud, and standardized protocols to grow specific plants with value addition under full automation.
Due to the shortage of fertile land, climate change, and increasing population, this technique can be a game-changer while at the same time helping to feed the underprivileged and poor in areas where people face food shortages. It also opens a window for making better-quality plant superfoods with no chemical fertilizer and a pure nutritional value above the market-available crops so that we can get the touch of mother nature at its best and cherish the creation of nature.