There are many pressures on the global food system such as urbanization, climate change,
and environmental degradation. Urban agriculture is an approach to producing food inside …

Aquaponics, or recirculating aquaculture production systems, harness the symbiotic
relationship between plants and fish for food production. A large quantity of fish can be …

This paper presents the development process of a digital twin of a unique hydroponic
underground farm in London, Growing Underground (GU). Growing 12x more per unit area …

Soil and crop management are facing challenges, in particular an increasing pressure to
feed a growing population and improve food safety. Smart farming assists in dealing with …

By 2050, the global population is estimated to rise to over 9 billion people, and the global
food need is expected to ascend 50%. Moreover, by cause of climate change, agricultural …

Aquaponics, one of the vertical farming methods, is a combination of aquaculture and
hydroponics. To enhance the production capabilities of the aquaponics system and …

World agriculture faces the challenge of increasing its agricultural production by 50% from
2012 to 2050, while reducing water consumption, as agriculture accounts for 69% of all fresh …

Throughout history, farmers and agricultural engineers have focused on the issue of
increasing the yield of crops using different farming methods. In today's digitalized world …

Digital Twins are very promising to bring smart farming to new levels of farming productivity
and sustainability. A Digital Twin is a digital equivalent of a real-life object of which it mirrors …

Abstract The Internet of Things (IoT) provides a vision of a world in which the Internet
extends into the real world embracing everyday objects. In the IoT, physical objects are …