Advantages Of Hydroponics

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AGRICULTURE & FOOD
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fibre, biofuel, medicinal and other products used to sustain and enhance human life. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilisation, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the development of civilisation. Agriculture is one of the most important human life supporting systems required for living.
For agriculture in the space settlement we use:-
• Hydroponics
• Aquaponics

HYDROPONICS
Hydroponics is a method of growing plants in water based nutrient rich solution. Hydroponics does not use soil; instead the root system is supported using an inert medium such as perlite, rockwool, clay pellets, peat moss, or vermiculite. The basic premise behind hydroponics is to allow the plants roots to come in direct contact with the nutrient solution, while also having access to oxygen, which is essential for proper growth. …show more content…

With the proper setup, the plants will mature up to 25% faster and produce up to 30% more than the same plants grown in

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