An Application-Driven IoT Based Rooftop Farming Model for Urban Agriculture

2021 ◽  
pp. 52-63
Author(s):  
Arjun Paramarthalingam ◽  
Amirthasaravanan Arivunambi ◽  
Sreedhar Thapasimony
Keyword(s):  
Urban Agriculture ◽  
Rooftop Farming

scholarly journals Potential of Technosols Created with Urban By-Products for Rooftop Edible Production

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (9) ◽  
pp. 3210
Author(s):  
Baptiste J-P. Grard ◽  
Nastaran Manouchehri ◽  
Christine Aubry ◽  
Nathalie Frascaria-Lacoste ◽  
Claire Chenu
Keyword(s):  
Trace Metals ◽  
Urban Agriculture ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Cropping System ◽  
High Fertility ◽  
Edible Crops ◽  
Rooftop Farming ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Toxic Trace Metals ◽  
By Products

Urban agriculture is sprouting throughout the world nowadays. New forms of urban agriculture are observed such as rooftop farming. In the case of low-tech rooftop farming projects, based on recycled urban waste, one of the key issues is the type of substrate used, as it determines the functions and ecosystem services delivered by the green roof. Using a five year experimental trial, we quantified the food production potential of Technosols created only with urban wastes (green waste compost, crushed wood, spent mushroom), as well as the soil fertility and the potential contamination of food products. Regarding food production, our cropping system showed promising results across the five years, in relation with the high fertility of the Technosols. This fertility was maintained, as well as the nutrients stocks after five cropping years. Most of the edible crops had trace metals contents below existing norms for toxic trace metals with nevertheless a concern regarding certain some trace metals such as Zn and Cu. There was no trace metal accumulation in the Technosols over time except for Zn. This study confirmed that constructing Technosols only from urban wastes is a suitable and efficient solution to design rooftops for edible production.

scholarly journals Toward an Evaluation of Cultural Ecosystem Services Delivered by Urban Micro-Farms

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 1716 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giulia Giacchè ◽  
Jean-Noël Consalès ◽  
Baptiste J-P. Grard ◽  
Anne-Cécile Daniel ◽  
Claire Chenu
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Urban Agriculture ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Qualitative Evaluation ◽  
Cultural Ecosystem Services ◽  
Allotment Gardens ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Rooftop Farming ◽  
The City ◽  
Soil Level

Since two decades, urban agriculture has been booming and a wide range of forms, from urban allotment gardens to rooftop farming under greenhouse, is developing. Various benefits are recognized for urban agriculture integration within the city and a specific consideration is dedicated to ecosystem services. In this article, we have focused on cultural ecosystem services provided by urban micro-farms. The state of the art reveals that urban agriculture delivers cultural ecosystem services that are well perceived and evaluated by users, but there are still few studies on this topic. Based on the analysis of specific literature on cultural ecosystems and micro-farms in parallel to a period of observation and documentary research of five urban micro-farms either on rooftop or at soil level, located in Paris and its surroundings, we proposed a specific methodology. This methodology aimed at quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the cultural ecosystem services provided by urban micro-farms and is based on a framework, which distinguishes exogenous and endogenous cultural ecosystem services.

scholarly journals Urban Rooftop Farming – Model for Sustainable Vegetable Production and Environmental Well-being

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pawan U. Gajbe
Keyword(s):  
Soil Nutrients ◽  
Urban Agriculture ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Vegetable Production ◽  
Ecological Benefits ◽  
Environment Friendly ◽  
Rooftop Farming ◽  
Experiment Point

Background: Urban rooftop farming is a form of urban agriculture. Due to the scarcity of agricultural land in urban areas, rooftop farming is becoming popular in many countries. An experiment was conducted to grow herbs and vegetables in a small and sustainable urban rooftop farm in Nagpur city, India and the various ecological benefits of this form of urban agriculture were studied.Methods: The experiment was conducted on a 230 sq ft rooftop area from July 2019 to March 2020. Environment friendly cultivation methods employed in the study include pest management by cultural means to produce pesticide-free vegetables, conversion of household green waste into compost for augmentation of soil nutrients and the use of harvested rain water and greywater for irrigation.Result: The experiment resulted in the production of 61.7 kg of pesticide-free vegetables from an area of 230 sq ft using sustainable farming methods. Apart from this, the various ecological benefits obtained from the experiment point to the fact that sustainable urban rooftop farming can be an innovative means to promote urban agriculture without harming the environment.

scholarly journals Resolving differing stakeholder perceptions of urban rooftop farming in Mediterranean cities: promoting food production as a driver for innovative forms of urban agriculture

2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esther Sanyé-Mengual ◽  
Isabelle Anguelovski ◽  
Jordi Oliver-Solà ◽  
Juan Ignacio Montero ◽  
Joan Rieradevall
Keyword(s):  
Urban Agriculture ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Stakeholder Perceptions ◽  
Rooftop Farming

Gardening as More than Urban Agriculture: Perspectives from Smaller Midwestern Cities on Urban Gardening Policies and Practices

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Christopher Strunk ◽  
Ursula Lang
Keyword(s):  
Urban Agriculture ◽  
Green Space ◽  
Private Property ◽  
Community Gardens ◽  
Public Land ◽  
Vacant Lots ◽  
Urban Gardening ◽  
Privately Owned ◽  
Policies And Practices

For the most part, research and policymaking on urban gardening have focused on community gardens, whether in parks, vacant lots, or other public land. This emphasis, while important for many Midwestern cities, can obscure the significance of privately owned land such as front yard and back yard and their crucial connections with gardening on public land. In this case study, we examine how policies and practices related to gardening and the management of green space in two Midwestern cities exceed narrow visions of urban agriculture. The article explores the cultivation of vacant lot gardens and private yards as two modes of property in similar Midwestern contexts and argues that the management of green space is about more than urban agriculture. Instead, we show how urban gardening occurs across public/private property distinctions and involves a broader set of actors than those typically included in sustainability policies. Gardening also provides a key set of connections through which neighbors understand and practice sustainability in Midwestern cities.

Evaluation of urban encroachment on farmland: a threat to urban agriculture in Peshawar City District, Pakistan

Erdkunde ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-142
Author(s):  
Samiullah ◽  
Mohammad Aslam Khan ◽  
Atta-Ur Rahman ◽  
Shakeel Mahmood
Keyword(s):  
Urban Agriculture ◽  
City District

Mechanisms of Green Development of Urban Agricultural Production in a Large Industrial City

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (8) ◽  
pp. 823-829
Author(s):  
E. V. Malysh
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Urban Agriculture ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Agricultural Technologies ◽  
Short Supply ◽  
Industrial City ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Green Development

A city’s potential for food self-sufficiency is expected to increase through the distribution of innovative, high-tech, green agricultural practices of producing food in an urban environment, which can improve the city’s food security due to increased food accessibility in terms of quantity and quality. Aim. Based on the systematization of theoretical approaches and analysis of institutional aspects, the study aims to propose ways to strengthen the city’s food security by improving food supply in urban areas, increasing the socio-economic and environmental sustainability of urban food systems, and changing the diet of urban residents.Tasks. The authors propose methods for the development of urban agricultural production in a large industrial city based on the principles of green economy and outline the range of strategic urban activities aimed at implementing green agricultural production technologies associated with the formation and development of the culture of modern urban agricultural production.Methods. This study uses general scientific methods of cognition to examine the specificity of objectives of strengthening a city’s food security by improving the quality of food supply to the population. Methods of comparison, systems analysis, systematization of information, and the monographic method are also applied.Results. A strategic project for the development of urban agricultural systems through the implementation and green development of advanced urban agricultural technologies is described. Green development mechanisms will create conditions for the city’s self-sufficiency in terms of organic and safe products, functioning of short supply chains, and green urban agriculture.Conclusions. Managing the growth of urban agriculture will promote the use of highly effective, easily controlled, resource-efficient, eco-friendly, weather- and season-independent, multi-format urban agricultural technologies. The study describes actions aimed at creating conditions for stabilizing a city’s high-quality food self-sufficiency with allowance for the growing differentiation of citizen needs.

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