The Skyscraper Crop Factory: A Potential Crop-Production System to Meet Rising Urban Food Demand
Li Zhang , Lan Huang , Tao Li , Tao Wang , Xiao Yang , Qichang Yang
Engineering ›› 2023, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (12) : 70 -75.
The Skyscraper Crop Factory: A Potential Crop-Production System to Meet Rising Urban Food Demand
Li Zhang , Lan Huang , Tao Li , Tao Wang , Xiao Yang , Qichang Yang
Engineering ›› 2023, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (12) : 70 -75.
The Skyscraper Crop Factory: A Potential Crop-Production System to Meet Rising Urban Food Demand
Vertical farming systems, such as sky farms, are a potential type of agricultural system for stable and effective food production. Here, we highlight the potential of the sky farm, denoted as the “skyscraper crop factory” (SCF), for cereal crop production and discuss some nascent technologies that would be applied in this production system. SCFs are ideal crop-production systems for increasing the effective arable area for crops and ensuring food security in times of crises that cause a shock in global trade. They can also provide food in urban areas to meet producers’ and consumers’ demands for the increased nutrition, taste, and safe production of cereal crops. Moreover, as their use can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, SCFs could be a sustainable addition to conventional agricultural crop production.
Vertical farming system / Cereal crop production / Plant factory technology / Skyscraper crop factory
the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFB3604600)
the Local Financial Project of the National Agricultural Science and Technology Center(NASC2023TD01)
the Local Financial Project of the National Agricultural Science and Technology Center(NASC2023TD10)
the Central Public-interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund(S2022006)
the Sichuan Science and Technology Program(2022NSFSC1719)
the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program of CAAS(ASTIP-34-IUA-01)
the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program of CAAS(ASTIP-IUA-2023002)
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