Cool Farming: Growing Plants in Africa Without Soil

Publisher:
World Bank
Publication Date:
27 November 2013
Tags:
Kenya, Food and Agriculture, Agribusiness, Innovation

A Kenyan entrepreneur has adapted Hydroponics, a technique that allows to grow plants without soil, to African climate. The technique that traditionally needs an energy intensive climate control, now allows to grow plants in simple sheds without the use of electricity.

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