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Vertical Multi LevelFarming to Increase Crop
Yield An Affordable and Feasible design
By-
Sumit Singh
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Contents
1. Current Status
2. My Design
3. Platform Tower
4. Prototype
5. Testing
6. Experimental Groups
7. Data
8. Observations and Conclusion
9. Pros and Cons10. Snapshots
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Current Status
There are designs of skyscrapers
proposed for Vertical farming but the
construction and maintenance
cost will be very high. So
Vertical farming is not a reality yet.
Moreover, such type of farming
will harm small farmers in
rural areas.
IImage: Design of a proposed Vertical Farm.(Made in Google Sketchup 6)
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My Design
● Low cost Vertical Multi-Level Farm, affordable by small
farmers.● Uses Platform towers made of bamboo and mud tiles.
● Cluster of such towers makes a Vertical Multi Level
Farm.
● The towers have to be aligned in North-South direction
so that east and west are on the sides.
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Platform Tower
● 3 level tower made using bamboo tied by ropes and
paved with mud bricks to hold the soil.
● If its width is x then height of second level should be
(1.5x+plants' height) (the plant to be grown in the field)
and the distance between top level and second level
should be (x+plants' height).
● To keep the costs low, it would be the best to take value
of x as 3 feet.
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A Platform Tower
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PrototypeFor testing my design's efficiency, I built a prototype using
different materials but same measurements.I tested the prototype with 3 types of plants- green beans,
chickpea (gram) and wheat.
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Testing
● I observed each plant's growth over a period of 10 days.
● At first, I planted green beans and observed their growth
for 10 days. I did the same for chickpeas (gram seeds)
and wheat.● I noted the root length, shoot length and number of
leaves of 3 plants from each Experimental Group and
Control Group and took the average numbers for final
comparison.
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Experimental Groups
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Data
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Data
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Data
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Observations and Conclusion
● The data shows that there was very less or negligible
difference in plant growth in plants of the different
experimental groups.
● Since there was almost no harmful effects of variableamount of sunlight on plant growth, my design is
feasible and efficient.
● The increment in total cultivation area and production is
66%.
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Pros And Cons
Pros:● Low Cost
● Reduces percentage of crops exposed to pests (like
mice).● Increases cultivation area and production by 66% or
even more.
● The top level and second level platforms are safe from
floods.Cons:
● Heavy machines can't be used on top level and second
level.
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