Urban Hydroponics for Diversified Agriculture: Part II

• Main Authors: Carandang, Jose Santos R., Taylor, Robert W., Calleja, Josemari S., Busayong, Edito A., Punzalan, Eric Camilo R.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2014
• Subjects: Agriculture; hydroponics; food security; farming; Food Security
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/res_aki/157; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/res_aki/article/1149/viewcontent/Urban_Hydroponics_for_Diversified_Agriculture_Part_II.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

Achieving food security in urban communities proves to be a challenging task. The inability of cities to produce its food requirement means that food has to be imported from faraway places. Traffic congestion, rising fuel prices, and poor road infrastructure have caused problems in transporting food...