Emerging trends in hydroponics and Global market forecasts

• The population of people living in cities and towns has increased withoutproducing their own food, leading to high dependence on processedproducts. Also the dominant food paradigm is breaking down due toclimate change, increasing droughts, soil depletion and disease,phosphorus scarcity among others factors. With this in mind, consumersand retailers numbers are increasing while the availability of high qualityfoods which are affordable is becoming less. How are you going to solvethis problem of food shortage? Hydroponics is one of the practices toconsider to invest in. Hydroponics is a farming method that can help feedcities of future while all the customer demands are met. Hydroponicsensure health of the ecological systems, so it is gaining grounds in theworld.

• People who are looking to invest inhydroponics food production, there aremany aspects that one has to considerto run the business effectively. You haveto understand the trends that areaffecting agriculture and food security,making hydroponics a viable way toachieve better production methods.While you are looking to invest in themarket, you have to identify strategiesand tools for risk mitigation and asustainable, profitable path forward inhydroponics.

What are the barriers for one investing in hydroponics?

There are several risks, challenges andbarriers affecting hydroponics operations.Some of the challenges include cost,operational complexity, energy andqualified labor. Hydroponics investmentbecomes expensive when you are startingup and operating as compared to soilbased farming. This has become a realchallenge.

• With few people in hydroponics investmentbusiness, getting qualified persons remains achallenge. Fewer young people are gettinginto agriculture in any world region, leadingto low workforce. Hence, a challenge forhydroponic farmers.

• Market growth is also one of the barriers inhydroponics investment. Agriculture is a veryconservative sector with many obstacles toovercome to change and an inertia wheretraditional methods have persisted.

• If authorities are going to put in the rightmeasure, hydroponics farming can lead toworld’s food security. People should beeducated about how to go about thesemethods of food production which requireslittle space. As some people are taking thisfarming method seriously, there is atremendous growth in the field.

• If you are looking forward to try out hydroponics investment, it isthe best idea. There are some countries which have advanced inhydroponics. Hydroponics in India has gone to the next level forexample because people are understanding the importance of thisfood production method.

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