Kerala’s biggest hydroponic farm to come up in Thiruvananthapuram

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a technology-driven farming initiative, Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM)-supported uFarms.io has extended its IoT farm automation system to Uptown Urban Farms Pvt Ltd to set up the state’s first and biggest automated hydroponic farm in the capital city.
General education minister V Sivankutty inaugurated the fully-automated hydroponic farm developed in a 16,000 sqft land at Karamana, on Sunday.
Hydroponics, a technique of growing plants using a water-based nutrient solution without soil, helps in cultivating pesticide-free high-quality vegetables in very limited spaces.This method ensures high yields and low water consumption besides, making agriculture possible even in areas without fertile soil.
Hydroponics, a technique of growing plants using a water-based nutrient solution without soil, helps in cultivating pesticide-free high-quality vegetables in very limited spaces. This method ensures high yields and low water consumption, besides making agriculture possible even in areas without fertile soil.
uFarms, a customizable IoT farm automation system founded by eight youngsters about one and a half years ago, provides fully-automated farming solutions to this commercial hydroponic farm.
With the help of sensors placed in the farm and a smartphone, the technology developed by uFarms is capable of automating nutrient mixing, dosing, fertigation, and climate control systems at the farm.