Food for future: Exploring cutting-edge technology and practices in vertical farm

S Erekath, H Seidlitz, M Schreiner, C Dreyer - Sustainable Cities and …, 2024 - Elsevier
With the growing urbanized population, vertical farming becomes indispensable in
eradicating hunger and ensuring food security for the future. Food security has become a …

Recent developments and inventive approaches in vertical farming

C Sowmya, M Anand, C Indu Rani… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
“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 …

Towards model-based requirements engineering: Construction method of stakeholder value networks model based on MBSE

Y Feng, G Gao, P Wang, M Fu, Z Zhang - Computers & Industrial …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Stakeholder Value Networks (SVN) is a method for identifying and prioritizing
stakeholders and their associated requirements in complex engineering systems …

Accurate and robust pollinations for watermelons using intelligence guided visual servoing

K Ahmad, JE Park, T Ilyas, JH Lee, JH Lee… - … and Electronics in …, 2024 - Elsevier
With a significant decline in the bee population, there is an increasing demand for
automated robotic pollination. This study proposes a novel approach for automating …

[HTML][HTML] Defective Pennywort Leaf Detection Using Machine Vision and Mask R-CNN Model

M Chowdhury, MN Reza, H Jin, S Islam, GJ Lee… - Agronomy, 2024 - mdpi.com
Demand and market value for pennywort largely depend on the quality of the leaves, which
can be affected by various ambient environment or fertigation variables during cultivation …

Advancing lettuce physiological state recognition in IoT aeroponic systems: A meta-learning-driven data fusion approach

O Elsherbiny, J Gao, M Ma, Y Guo, MH Tunio… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Automatically identifying key physiological factors in plants, such as leaf relative humidity
(LRH), chlorophyll content (Chl), and nitrogen levels (N), is vital for effective aeroponic …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing Leafy Greens' Production: Nutrient Film Technique Systems and Automation in Container-Based Vertical Farming

G Carrasco, F Fuentes-Peñailillo, P Manríquez… - Agronomy, 2024 - mdpi.com
Urban agriculture has emerged as a crucial strategy to address food security and
sustainability challenges, particularly in densely populated areas. This study focused on …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond Efficiency: The Social and Ecological Costs of Plant Factories in Urban Farming—A Review

L Csambalik, I Gál, K Madaras, A Tóbiás, P Pusztai - Urban Science, 2024 - mdpi.com
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 …

A belowground perspective on the nexus between biodiversity change, climate change, and human well‐being

N Eisenhauer, K Frank, A Weigelt… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Soil is central to the complex interplay among biodiversity, climate, and society. This paper
examines the interconnectedness of soil biodiversity, climate change, and societal impacts …

Enhancing Plant Growth: Harnessing the Effectiveness of Artificial Light

G Singh, P Saha, P Kanwar… - Journal of Advances …, 2024 - publications.article4sub.com
This extensive analysis reveals the significant influence of artificial light, especially light-
emitting diodes (LEDs), on enhancing plant growth for sustainable agriculture and …