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    HYDROPONICS Hydroponics is a subset of hydroculture and is a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions‚ in water‚ without soil. Terrestrial plants may be grown with their roots in the mineral nutrient solution only or in an inert medium‚ such as perlite‚gravel ‚mineral wool‚expanded clayor coconut husk . Some of the reasons why hydroponics is being adapted around the world for food production are the following: No soil is needed for hydroponics The water stays in the

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    Aeroponics is the process of growing plants in air or mist environment without the use of soil. Not to be confused with hydroponics or peeponics‚ aeroponics is the process of spraying or fogging the roots of the plants with a nutrient solution. The plants are usually housed in troughs‚ tubes or foam‚ with the leafy part of the plants separate from the roots. Moreover‚ the roots are usually fully exposed and constantly sprayed with micro bursts of atomized water. Why aeroponics are used? Since

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    Hydroponics As the world’s population grows exponentially‚ modern agricultural practices must focus on sustainability‚ to produce food while making efforts to maintain the environment. In order to produce more food for the growing population‚ producers have increased their use of viable agricultural lands resulting in 11% of earth being tilled for agriculture. While this number seems to be relatively low‚ it must be addressed that this 11% usage takes up almost all of the world’s land than can

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    Hydroponics * What hydroponics is Hydroponics is a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions‚ in water‚ without soil. Terrestrial plants may be grown with their roots in the mineral nutrient solution only or in an inert medium‚ such as perlite‚ gravel‚ mineral wool‚ or coconut husk. Researchers discovered in the 19th century that plants absorb essential mineral nutrients as inorganic ions in water. In natural conditions‚ soil acts as a mineral nutrient reservoir but the soil

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    Hydroponics is a subset of hydro culture and is a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions‚ in water‚ without soil. It is not a new invention‚ but its popularity is currently increasing drastically. People are now using this process of growing plants‚ flowers‚ and vegetables without soil in their homes‚ where previously it was mostly used just by professional gardeners. Because of the ’hydro’ in the name‚ it is a common misconception that the plants are being grown in water instead

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    HydroponicSNAP Hydroponics: Farming in the City and the Slums Written by jon Wednesday‚ 04 July 2012 16:03 - Last Updated Friday‚ 06 July 2012 14:50 Food is a basic human need that can be addressed by modern agriculture provided that there is adequate space and appropriate skills to raise them.  Increasing demands brought by population growth have prompted agriculturists to explore alternative ways of raising crops and live stocks.  One of these methods is producing vegetables through the Simple

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    Hydroponics Introduction NAME HERE and I became fascinated by hydroponics and the idea that one doesn’t have to get their hands dirty to be a great gardener‚ and if your like us that’s a good thing. The idea of hydroponics has been around since the pyramids where build‚ but in all these years it never seemed to catch on. It took about forty-six hundred years before the first scientist took a look at hydroponics and adapted it to grow crops‚ this was a professor at the University of California

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    Bibliography: Admin. (2009‚ NOvember 11). Philippine Stuffs. Retrieved from Hydroponics in the Philippines: http://www.philippinestuffs.com/hydroponics-in-the-philippines/ Bradley‚ P. (n.d.). City Farmer.org. Retrieved from Introducing Simplified Hydroponics in Manila Philippines‚ Payatas‚ Quezon City : http://www.cityfarmer.org/manila.html Pinas.dlsu.edu. (n.d.). Retrieved from Agriculture: http://pinas.dlsu.edu.ph/gov/agriculture

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    Marketing Feasibility Page 1 A. General Market Description : Under this section of the proposed project‚ the viability of the project will be presented. Geographical Location The primary target market will be household family that are located within the city of Baguio and La Trinidad ‚ Benguet. The products to be produced will be reaching out to the urban areas of said cities. Both urban areas having a cool temperature is conducive to the project’s organic vegetables namely

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    Aero Hydroponics - The Method of the Future The aero-hydroponic method was developed in Israel in the early 1980’s. Dr. Hillel Soffer‚ senior researcher at the VoIcani Institute at Ein Gedi developed the aero-hydroponic method to overcome the challenges presented by the hot‚ arid conditions at Ein Gedi. The discoveries that followed the development of aero-hydroponics offer great benefits to all hydroponic growers. During a two-year period from 1986 to 1988‚ Dr. Soffer performed extensive research

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