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Journal of Agriculture and Food

International Journal of Agriculture and Biology
Open Access

Online : 1814-9596

Print :    1560-8530

Evaluation of the Resource Use Efficiencies of Small-Scale Vertical Hydroponic Structures against Growing Plants in Soil

Zikhona Buyeye, Gareth Lagerwall, Aidan Senzanje, Alistair Clulow and Sipho Sibanda

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Keywords: Vertical hydroponics; Resource use efficiency; Land use efficiency; Crop water productivity; Energy use efficiency

Edition: Volume 27 Issue 01, 2022

Pages: 60-68


1  Bioresources Engineering Programme, School of Engineering, University of Kwa Zulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg 3209, South Africa
2  Department of Agrometereology, University of Kwa Zulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg 3209, South Africa
3  Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Research Council, Pretoria 0184, South Africa
 For correspondence: z.buyeye@yahoo.com
 Received 27 March 2021; Accepted 15 November 2021; Published 30 January 2022
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