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Africa: Africa Needs Own Version of the Vertical Farm to Feed Growing Cities
The Conversation Africa, 22 March 2017
The Netherlands is building its first large-scale commercial vertical indoor farm. It's expected to serve Europe's largest supermarket chains with high quality, pesticide-free… Read more »
Africa Needs Vertical Farms to Feed Growing Cities
Vertical farms use high-tech lighting and climate controlled buildings to grow crops like leafy greens or herbs indoors while using less water and soil, writes Esther Ndumi Ngumbi for The Conversation Africa.
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... Expecting the urban poor, who have the least access to resources, to ... lift themselves out of poverty and food insecurity fails to recognise the barriers constraining urban ... Read more »
