Ag Tech Sunday - NAB: The sky-high rise of vertical disruption
- By: "Farm Tender" News
- Ag Company News
- Dec 23, 2018
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Next year, California-based Crop One plans to complete the world’s largest vertical farm in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. A $40 million joint venture with Emirates Flight Catering, the 120,000-square-metre facility will produce a daily harvest of 2,700 kilograms of leafy greens without herbicides or pesticides, and using just one per cent of the water needed in outdoor fields.
A possible solution to the twin pressures of population growth and continuing loss of arable land, vertical farming uses factory-style precision to achieve faster, uninterrupted production all year round.
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Currently there are barriers to wide uptake, such as cost and the high demand for power. However, with the development of more sustainable technologies and growing interest from venture capitalists, vertical farming could provide fresh food locally in urban settings and where land and water are scarce.
We may also see:
* a commercially-available trailer-mounted generator capable of controlling weeds and pests with microwaves rather than chemicals.
* ground robots and drones working in tandem to detect and treat problems hidden from the drone by a dense growth of leaves.
* livestock working dogs doing an even better job thanks to an ongoing University of Sydney project designed to improve the breeding process.
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