Vertical farming project cost per acre | Hydroponic farming setup cost in India

What is Vertical Farming

It is very popular in urban areas in comparison of rural areas because it is the soil base as well as soil less farming in which you do not need much space and in cities people don't have option of farming because land in cities are very costly especially cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore it is almost impossible for a common man to own a land for farming so vertical farming is becoming more popular day by day, specially vertical gardens at home or in balcony and fence. 

Indoor vertical farming in India

The most promising reason behind the popularity of vertical farming is that one can start this farming in small scale even in balcony as well. In comparison to garden or balcony this farming becomes expensive in poly houses. Especially when you are installing hydroponic system in Chennai, Bangalore or Mumbai type metro cities where land is much more costlier than other places. However, you can easily install simple hydroponic system at home because setting up this system at home is much more convenient and less costly in comparison of polyhouse hydroponic farming.

You always have a good advantage of building vertical hydroponic system at roof of your house or you can use your garden backyard as well to install the system. You can also use the area near the sidewalls of your home to setup hydroponic system but do not stick vertical pipes or racks to the walls, it may damage the walls of your house.  

If you want to start farming commercially then you must calculate the cost first. To help you we have provided the nearest cost of vertical garden in India please scroll down to reach the paragraph vertical farming in India cost or simply click the given jump link to directly reach to the cost analysis paragraph.  

Vertical farming is the most wonderful way to make the most of limited outdoor space. First of all it does not demand for large space you can easily transform a small balcony or room into a productive fruit and vegetables patch. 

While talking about space there are additional advantages to vertical gardens. Vertical farming is a type of farming in which crops are grown indoor where artificial conditions are created, lights and temperature provided accordingly. The goal is to produce good profit in small spaces. 

Tomatoes, turmeric, gingers are some favourite examples that comes in mind. However, there is a huge list of the fruits and vegetables that can easily grown in this type of farming, here are some of them : Peas, brinjals, capsicum, cabbage, melon and winter squash, Kiwis, green peas, corn, okra, brussels sprouts, and sunflower etc. 

It gives the facility of environment control by using the simple scientific technique which aims to optimize plant growth and soilless farming techniques such as hydroponics, aquaponics and aeroponics. 

Vertical farming provides the option of choosing various structures system such as buildings, tunnels, containers. 

Dickson Despommier (Professor by profession) was the person who introduced modern concept of vertical farming in 1999. He was professor of public and Environmental health at Columbia university. 

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Vertical farming project cost in India

In this report vertical farming commercial cost and profit is given in brief.  

You must be thinking why this much investment is necessary then lets calculate hydroponic cost in India. 

Hydroponic farming setup cost in India 

Note - Popular in small spaces like balcony; for single family only (not much popular in business due to the huge investment).  

What is Hydroponic Technique

Hydroponics is the technique of Israel under this technique agriculture is done in a net house the most important thing is soil requirement is not necessary for this technique.

Instead of using soil several plastic pipes with holes (equal distance) were installed and divided between a row and columns parallel to each other in which plants were planted. For the irrigation of crops pipes were filled with water this technique supports water and it is a water saving technique, wastage of water is zero percent because used water is used again by the recycling process.

You have to supply the water that is demanded by plant and water is also used in temperature control because it is the cheapest method. Vertical farming differs in many aspects from traditional farming so it has own plant feeding method in which nutrients (according to the crops) were mixed in the water tank connected to the pipes and it keeps rotating in the pipes this technique is called NFT (nutrient film technique). NFT is the technique driven by Israel but due to the suitable environment and after a few modifications India is producing more benefits.

Turmeric, Ginger, Tomato, cucumber, capsicum are some common crops used in this farming apart from these you can choose other plants and vegetables as per your need. The hydroponic farming technique is also famous due to the fewer chances of diseases to the plants and it happens because in this particular technique soil is not used and plants are grown totally on the water so it reduces the chances of disease. 

Due  to the humidity different types of aphids enters the net house in this condition organic sprays were used to get rid of those insects. Instead of using fertilizers injections were used to feed the plants in this technique seeds were germinated in the tray then coconut peat along with the plant were shift in the polyethene glass this technique is called cocopeat technique it is very effective for plants and trees.

Coco peats are easily available in the market at decent price of Rs 12 - 18 per kg it is not necessary to provide the coco-peat for long time it can be used till the roots come out later you can stop using it or continue using its up to you. 

The net house provides you control over temperature by electronic system it provides the facility of setting timers according to the temperature for example if temperature increases showers starts flowing itself and the specialty of these artificial showers is they stop after 45 sec so it is good process to save water as well.

The temperature you can set around 35 degrees because it is known for ideal temperature for almost every crop, above this temperature fruit delivering problem occurs so one just need to set a timer and when temperature increases above 35 degree showers will start flowing accordingly. You can set the timer to control temperature according to your environment and location.  

Farmers also delivered some important facts about this NFT technique they said this is the technique which is capable of producing several acres of production in just one acre space for that it is necessary to adopt the rack system. 

While talking about the most emerging crop that is gaining popularity day by day is geranium it is really a sustainable crop. Geranium plant farming is a sustainable plant farming. If you will ask me what is sustainable agriculture or what is sustainable development in the field of agriculture then I would suggest to concentrate on few crops including geranium. Yes, geranium farming profit is much more than the investment.

What is aquaponics farming

Aquaponic farming in India - Aquaponic is the system that connects aquaculture with hydroponics it means the water which is rich in nutrient (aquaculture water) is fed to hydroponically grown plant this process involves nitrifying bacteria for converting ammonia into nitrates. 

Let me make it more clear, you must have heard about aquarium which belongs to fish thus Aquaponic as the name suggest also belongs to fish and other aquatic animals, is the process in which fish are cradle and the waste material of the fishes are then used for plants for better growth. 

So we can say Aquaponics is the technique that combines aquaculture with hydroponics. In hydroponics technique plants are planted without soil and are grown with the help of water only. While in aquaponics method fishes are cradle in a tank and the same water (that becomes  rich in nutrient) is then supplied along with fish wastes to the hydroponic plants for better growth and development.  

What is aeroponic vertical farming

Aeroponics farming - Aeroponics is the system that creates a highly aerated environment around the root which causes good root development. Aeroponic is the process of growing plants in an air or mist environment. It is the process of growing plants with root system exposed to air. Aeroponic system provides the best environment for the source of clean air and nutrient solution delivering oxygen and nutrition to plant roots which stimulates plant growth. 

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