A quantity of 160g/day/person vegetables is consumed against the ICMR recommendation (300g/day/person). Area expansion for vegetable crops is very limited, because cultivable lands are utilized for non-agricultural activities. Alternate growing medium may be used for stable vegetable production to save the natural resources. Under this scenario, hydroponics is one of the alternate production system for raising the crops in nutrient solutions. The media required for hydroponics are coir compost, peat, perlite, sand, vermiculite and rock wool. Majority of these units function automatically to manage the movement of water, fertilizers and light requirements for various crops viz., tomato, cucumber, chilli, brinjal, strawberry and lettuce.
Hi-Tech, Vegetable Production System, Hydroponics, vegetable crops
