Urban horticulture for food secure cities through and beyond COVID-19

MM Khan, MT Akram, R Janke, RWK Qadri, AM Al-Sadi… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Sufficient production, consistent food supply, and environmental protection in urban+
settings are major global concerns for future sustainable cities. Currently, sustainable food …

Indoor vegetable production: An alternative approach to increasing cultivation

PAY Ampim, E Obeng, E Olvera-Gonzalez - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
As the world's population is increasing exponentially, human diets have changed to less
healthy foods resulting in detrimental health complications. Increasing vegetable intake by …

Smart greenhouses as the path towards precision agriculture in the food-energy and water nexus: Case study of Qatar

T Karanisa, Y Achour, A Ouammi, S Sayadi - Environment Systems and …, 2022 - Springer
Greenhouse farming is essential in increasing domestic crop production in countries with
limited resources and a harsh climate like Qatar. Smart greenhouse development is even …

Comparisons of nitrogen and phosphorus mass balance for tomato-, basil-, and lettuce-based aquaponic and hydroponic systems

T Yang, HJ Kim - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
Aquaponics is known to be one of the most efficient agriculture production systems by far;
however, limited quantitative data are available on the level of efficiency, particularly in …

Comparative life cycle assessment of aquaponics and hydroponics in the Midwestern United States

P Chen, G Zhu, HJ Kim, PB Brown, JY Huang - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
With high productivity and low land and water use, controlled-environment agriculture (CEA)
like aquaponics and hydroponics has become a promising solution to feed the rapidly …

What you may not realize about vertical farming

FA Lubna, DC Lewus, TJ Shelford, AJ Both - Horticulturae, 2022 - mdpi.com
Vertical farming (VF) is a newer crop production practice that is attracting attention from all
around the world. VF is defined as growing indoor crops on multiple layers, either on the …

A digital twin architecture to optimize productivity within controlled environment agriculture

JD Chaux, D Sanchez-Londono, G Barbieri - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
To ensure food security, agricultural production systems should innovate in the direction of
increasing production while reducing utilized resources. Due to the higher level of …

Exploring the landscape of controlled environment agriculture research: A systematic scoping review of trends and topics

A Dsouza, L Newman, T Graham, EDG Fraser - Agricultural Systems, 2023 - Elsevier
CONTEXT Controlled environment agriculture (CEA), as vertical farms or plant factories, is a
promising technology to intensify food production in an ecologically friendly manner. CEA's …

Population dynamics of Listeria spp., Salmonella spp., and Escherichia coli on fresh produce: A scoping review

S Bolten, A Belias, KA Weigand, M Pajor… - … Reviews in Food …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Collation of the current scope of literature related to population dynamics (ie, growth, die‐off,
survival) of foodborne pathogens on fresh produce can aid in informing future research …

Public perception and social sustainability of indoor farming technologies: A systematic review

G Mina, G Peira, A Bonadonna - Technology in Society, 2023 - Elsevier
Indoor farming applications have recently been identified as a potential alternative to
contribute to sustainable food production in the urban context. Anyhow, the social impacts of …