Sökning: "soilless cultivation"

Hittade 5 uppsatser innehållade orden soilless cultivation.

  1. 1. Alternativa urbana odlingsmetodernas potential för självförsörjning i Sverige

    Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för företagande, innovation och hållbarhet

    Författare :Jessica Andersson; Carl Magnusson; [2024]
    Nyckelord :Aeroponic; aquaponic; agriculture; farming; hydroponic; GMO; self-sufficiency; sustainability goals; urban;

    Sammanfattning : During the COVID pandemic of 2019, Sweden saw a huge increase in food prices, as many of the country's grocery chains import a large amount of all foods. This research is motivated by the Swedish Parliament's motion "Self-Sufficiency of Food in Sweden" and the need for innovative solutions to enhance Sweden's food supply. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Review of pH recommendations for soilless cultivation systems

    Kandidat-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Crop Production Ecology

    Författare :Elric Fabricius; [2023]
    Nyckelord :soilless cultivation; hydroponics; aeroponics; NFT; nutrient film technique; DWC; deep water culture; pH; nutrient solution; speciation; availability; biomass production;

    Sammanfattning : Our human population is growing, and with that, so is our demand for food, food that today still is not a guarantee for all of us. To help increase global food security, the diversification of our food production through the implementation of soilless, hydroponic cultivation systems has been suggested. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Soilless Cultivation of Edible Plants for Phytoremediation

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

    Författare :Ola Haddad; [2020]
    Nyckelord :agriculture; aquaponics; Baltic sea; environment; eutrophication; food security; hydroponics; internal nutrients concentration; phytoremediation; sustainable development goals; sustainable management approaches;

    Sammanfattning : Food security and eutrophication are two issues proven to have severe impacts on both humanity and the environment. This study suggests improving the local food security by utilizing phosphorus and nitrogen, available in severe eutrophic small lakes, in local food production, thus turning eutrophication from a problem into a resource. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Nutrient dynamics in pak choi cultivation fertilized with biogas digestate : effects of non-nutrient digestate elements and amendment with mineral nutrients

    Master-uppsats, SLU/Department of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

    Författare :Kristina Weimers; [2020]
    Nyckelord :Biogas digestate; pak choi; Brassica rapa; ssp. chinensis; ‘Joy Choi’; greenhouse; soilless production; peat-based growing media; biostimulants; nitrification; nutrient recovery efficiency; phosphorus; sulphur;

    Sammanfattning : Anaerobic digestion in biogas plants produces renewable energy and a residue which is rich in plant nutrients. This residue is called digestate. Today, these digestates are mostly spread directly onto fields as manure. LÄS MER

  7. 5. How to improve the soilless cultivation of sweet basil looking at light and nutrition?

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, SLU/Dept. of Crop Production Ecology

    Författare :Hedvig Säll; [2020]
    Nyckelord :hydroponics; aeroponics; sweet basil; essential oils; vertical farming;

    Sammanfattning : Sweet basil of the variety Genovese Gigante is an economically important crop with common use in the gastronomic, medical and cosmetic fields, to name a few, due to the high content of essential oils (EO). Indoor cultivation is a viable alternative to grow sweet basil all-year-round, independent of the outdoor conditions. LÄS MER