“Biomimicry” is an acronym used to describe how people looked at nature for inspiration to
tackle a variety of problems. The modern problems of fast-increasing urbanization, land …

Increasing consumer demand for sustainable, locally produced, and fresh vegetables has
prompted the crop industry to adopt new soilless farming systems (SFSs) to supply higher …

Accurate, fast and lightweight dense target detection methods are highly important for
precision agriculture. To detect dense apricot flowers using drones, we propose an …

Highlights•Presents vertical farming (VF), including key issues for sustainability and
consumer acceptance.•Widespread belief that VF unnatural/artificial must be interpreted in …

When compared to traditional field production, controlled environment agriculture (CEA)
such as greenhouses and indoor vertical farms (VF) have sustainability benefits such as …

Ever-growing cities constantly increase the distance between suburban regions and semi-
urban areas on the perimeter of the cities, where traditional crop production can take place …

With a burgeoning global population and diminishing agricultural land per capita, the
urgency to meet escalating food demands while confronting challenges like climate change …