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INSIGHTS OF URBAN FARMING—DR.
MANDAR GODGE

Mandar Godge PhD
Research Scientist, Consultant, Advisor and a Mentor for Vertical Farming
and Urban Indoor Integrated Intensive Farming systems.

https://youtu.be/GROEilo8320
Insights into Urban Farming and Controlled Environment Agriculture
(CEA): Innovative technologies for commercial adoption and their viability

to make CEA scalable.
Agritech sector has seen rapid growth in the past few years and the dia-

logue has changed considerably post Covid 19. Significant investment in
vertical farming and controlled environment operations has seen the in-
dustry develop commercial-scale operations. The challenge now is
around developing the business models for deployment where we could

grow more food and use less resource. There is a critical need to re-
imagine the food system.
The webinar was aimed at introducing advanced scalable urban farming

technologies, ready for commercial adoption and implementation. Tech-
nological innovations would be explained which are aimed at reducing
the cost of production, optimising the growing environment and the
breeding of plants best suited for CEAs and vertical farms. Such technolo-
gies are attracting significant interest from both conventional growers
and newcomers, stimulating further research developments and com-

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mercial adoption.

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