Abstract:
The
study entitled “Development and evaluation of a vertical farming
structure” was taken up to fabricate a vertical farming structure and to compare the
crops under fabricated vertical farming structure and existing vertical farming
structure. For comparing the performance of plants under newly fabricated vertical
farming structure and existing vertical farming structure climatic parameters as well
as biometric observations were made. The analysis of these data suggested that
adoption of newly fabricated VFS is advantageous than the existing one. The plant
height, number of leaves, plant girth and yield varied between the two structures.
The analysis of various data showed that the plants at the right side of the fabricated
VFS had higher growth and yield than any other sides of fabricated VFS and existing
VFS. The study suggested that newly fabricated VFS can be recommended more
precisely as a substitute to the conventional farming practice on limited land area.
