Skyfarming an ecological innovation to enhance global food security

Journal fur Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 237-251

  Germer, Jörn ^a   Sauerborn, Joachim ^a   Asch, Folkard ^a   de Boer, Jan ^b   Schreiber, Jürgen ^c   Weber, Gerd ^a   Müller, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR BUILDING PHYSICS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aeroponics; Climate change; Crop production; Food security; Population growth; Rice; Staple food; Vertical farming

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956024143     PISSN: 16615751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00003-011-0691-6     Document Type: Article

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