Posts Tagged ‘Hydroponics’

High-Tech Farming

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

Today, traditional methods of farming are gradually giving way to high technology farming, or high – tech farming due to land constraints. This type of farming uses modern machinery and farm chemicals to obtain maximum output from a given plot of land or a group of animals. Countries that practice high – tech farming include the United States of America, The United Kingdom and Singapore. We will now learn about the different types of high – tech farming.

Fruit and vegetable farming

Two methods of high – tech farming have been found to be effective in producing more fruits and vegetables. They are hydroponics and aeroponics. Both methods differ from traditional methods of farming in that they do not need soil and a large plot of land.

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