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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"controlled environment agriculture"”.
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GroBot : an open-source model for controlled environment agriculture
The growing demand for food challenges our current farming methods, motivating the search for new paradigms for agricultural production. In this work, the GroBot is presented as an open-source model for the fourth agricultural revolution. This indoor cultivation system was fabricated to provide a …
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An open source controlled environment agriculture platform : exploration of root zone temperature effects and thermal management
A first prototype of a GRObot open source controlled environment agriculture platform was built with air and water temperature control systems. Caesar basil seedlings were grown in the GRObot with a shallow water culture hydroponic system for two-week periods. In the first trial, the root zone …
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A multi-level explanation of the process of innovation
… a producer's evaluation of their uncertain environment and the consumer's evaluation of product attributes during the process of innovation. This formal model is influenced and informed by a case study of the current controlled environment agriculture industry
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Optimizing Hydroponic Lettuce Yield: Evaluation of Potassium Source and Concentration with Plant Imaging
Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) is an expanding industry in the United States. Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) possesses considerable economic importance as one of the foremost leafy vegetables worldwide in terms of financial value for production in CEA. Rapid growth rate, high yield, and …
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Hydroponic container farms : validation of a building energy model and its integration in urban design
Controlled environment agriculture (CEA) systems, or plant factories, have developed within the urban context following efforts to expand local food production and provide an alternative to conventional agriculture with lower rates of greenhouse gas emissions and resource consumption. One urban CEA …
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Essays on the Economics of Food and Agricultural Technology
… analyzes the determinants and market impacts of controlled environment agriculture (CEA) in U.S. vegetable production. Using a random forest model, the chapter identifies key drivers of adoption, including temperature, electricity prices, and financial capacity, and predicts state-level adoption …
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Multi-Objective Reinforcement Learning Framework for Unknown Stochastic & Uncertain Environments
… during learning, by agents dealing in stochastic environments by means of Multi Objective Reinforcement Learning (MORL). Most previous investigations into multi objective reinforcement learning have proposed algorithms to deal with the learning performance issues but have neglected the uncertainty …
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Freight container farms: a feasibility and sustainability assessment
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-09-01 without embargo terms
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Impact of growth stage, supplemental red LED, and salinity stress on the quality and aroma attributes of hydroponic fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.)
… influenced by factors such as growth stage and environmental conditions. Understanding how secondary metabolite biosynthesis are affected by these factors is crucial for optimizing the quality and flavor of fennel. In particular, supplemental red light and salinity are known to modulate the …
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Robotic Pruning for Indoor Indeterminate Plants
… perception challenges posed by occlusion within environments such as farms and greenhouses. Automated systems tasked with duties like pruning face considerable difficulties due to occlusion, complicating the accurate identification of plant features. To tackle these challenges, this work …
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DESIGN, THERMAL SIMULATION AND ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS OF A PLANT FACTORY HOUSED IN A UNDERGROUND MINE DRIFT
… it is necessary to produce sufficient food where controlled environment agriculture would be a potential solution but restricted due to energy intensiveness. Producing vegetables in underground mine tunnels in the underground plant factory (UGPF) could reduce energy consumption of plant factories …
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Energy Models for Urban-Integrated Agriculture
… and economic conditions, urban integrated agriculture (UIA) is a promising solution to increase urban resource use efficiency, improve local food supply and population well-being. In particular, Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) offers the potential to compete with traditional …
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BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH APPROACHES FOR OPTIMIZING THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHT IN VEGETABLE CROPS
… the improvement of secondary metabolites in the controlled environment agriculture. Finally, it is concluded that the role of artificial lighting, in terms of the wavelengths from the UV-B to the infrared, can play a key role in the horticultural production and global food production and food …
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Engineering solutions to address several current livestock and poultry housing challenges
Robust and sustainable controlled environment agriculture is critical to achieve optimal animal production efficiency with the least impacts to animal welfare and our environment. Achieving optimal agricultural environment is a consistent challenge for current livestock and poultry industries. …
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Crop Farming in Aeroponic Indoor System
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