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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