Vertical Farming: The Future of Sustainable Food Production? (in English)

Beschreibung

The combination of an increasing global population and the impact of climate change on vital resources such as water, nutrients, energy, land, and soil has necessitated innovative solutions to address the unprecedented strain on food security in a sustainable, cost-saving, resilient, and effective manner in adherence to the Sustainable Development Goals. A promising approach in urban areas is vertical farming, the practice of growing food in vertically stacked layers, for example, indoors as controlled environmental agriculture, in tower farms on rooftops, or in small-scale container farms.

The doctoral researchers from United Nations University (UNU-FLORES), Atiqah Fairuz Salleh and Juliane Dziumla will present their research on the environmental impact of vertical farming and the social acceptance of these systems and explain the challenges and potential when it comes to implementing vertical farming.

Join to learn about the state-of-the-art and co-create visions for vertical farming in Dresden!