What is Hydroponic?

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• Growing healthy crops but without soil

• Use of nutrient like a mineral rich water

solution

• Needs selected nutrients, some water, and

sunlight to grow

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 How Hydroponic Farming Works?

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 Why Hydroponic Farming?
• Small and
fragmented land
holdings

• Irrigation

• Soil Erosion

• Inadequate storage
facilities

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 Research
• Invented By John Woodward in year 1699

• 1st Crop was tomato vine 7.6 meters high

• In 1929 William Frederick from University of

California published paper on hydroponic
farming

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 Implementation in India
• Letcetra Agritech in Goa produces over 1.5 to 2
tons of leafy vegetables and herbs

• Bitmantis Innovations in Banglore added IoT

into hydroponic to grow fresh herbs

• Chennai based Future Farms develops

hydroponic garden around 55 acres farm
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 Current Scenario

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 Benefits of Hydroponic
• Higher production in small space

• Precise Nutrients

• Reduce soil erosion

• Healthy and pesticide free crops

• Possible with automation

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 Negative Side
• More initial investment

• High level expertise required

• Daily under surveillance

• Water born diseases spreading

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 Conclusion
• For rapid progress and result

• Main aim is to cultivation is more in less amount of soil

• Peoples living in crowded area also can grow crops in

small space

• Fresh and organic food reproduction

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 Thank You!

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