Hydroponics

Recently, ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticulture Research, Bengaluru (IIHR) has developed a variant of hydroponics - “Cocoponics”.

Cocoponics refers to the soilless production of vegetables using cocopeat as a substrate.

• Hydroponics is a type of horticulture and a subset of hydroculture which involves growing plants, usually crops or medicinal plants, without soil, by using water-based mineral nutrient solutions.
• The nutrients used in hydroponic systems can come from many different organic or inorganic sources, including fish excrement, purchased chemical fertilizers, or artificial nutrient solutions.
• At present, this technology is mostly confined to urban farming, rooftop gardening and commercial farming.
• It significantly reduces water ....