Rainwater Harvesting – a sustainable process for preserving water
Rainwater Harvesting All living things including, plants, animals, and human beings need water to live and to carry out different cellular activities. Rainwater harvesting (RWH)…
Agriculture
Fogponics – creates constant humid and nutrient-rich fog for plant roots
Fogponics or fog and ponics (labor) can be defined as working fog. It is also known as, aeroponics, is a subset of aeroponics, meaning “air”…
Anthroponics – a type of hydroponics system
Anthroponics is a type of hydroponics system that uses human waste like urine as the source of nutrients for the cultivated plants. It is a…
Aerial roots – roots above the ground
Aerial roots are roots above the ground. They are roots that grow on the above-ground parts of a plant. They are almost always adventitious. Aerial…
Aeroponics – process of growing plants in an air
Aeroponics is a growing medium that is not necessary for plants to grow provided they get the nutrients that they need. It is the process…
Agrivoltaics – an agricultural use of land
Agrivoltaics combines the agricultural use of land with the production of electric energy by photovoltaics. It also is known as agrophotovoltaics (APV) is co-developing the…
Vertical farming – practice of growing crops in vertically stacked layers
Vertical farming is the practice of producing food on vertically inclined surfaces. It is the practice of growing crops in vertically stacked layers. It is…
Polyculture
Polyculture is the simultaneous cultivation or exploitation of several crops or kinds of animals. It is a form of agriculture in which more than one…
Mycoforestry
Mycoforestry is a sustainable, eco-friendly form of forestry. It is an ecological forest management system implemented to enhance forest ecosystems and plant communities through the…
Hydroponics
Hydroponics is the art of gardening without soil. It is a type of horticulture and a subset of hydroculture, which is a method of growing…
Multiple Cropping in agriculture
Multiple cropping refers to growing more than one crop in the same field during the season. In agriculture, multiple cropping or multi-cropping is the practice…
Forest Farming – an agroforestry practice
Forest farming is the cultivation of high-value crops under the protection of a managed tree canopy. It is the cultivation of high-value specialty crops under…
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