Vol. 12, Issue 6 (2023)

Author(s):
Ugyen Tshering and Barkha

Abstract:
Hydroponics is the method of cultivating crops in a solution of water enriched with nutrients without the use of soil medium; it reduces loss of nutrients, deficiencies, requirement of large quantities of water and land area for cultivation. Hydroponics system is the solution to combat climate change, human wild life conflict, exploitation of non-renewable resources, and extinction of plants, wild animals as the crops are grown in controlled environment in a structure, there is no human wild life conflict, the environment pollution and waste of irrigation water and applied nutrients are substantially reduced.