Hydroponics—An Alternative to Indian Agriculture System and Current Trends: A Review Study

摘要

India, the land of farmers, where agriculture has always been the primary occupation of the people, more than 50% of the population is still engaged in agriculture and its allied sectors. However, over the years, a significant rapid decline has been observed in the contribution by the agriculture sector toward India's GDP rate. In this paper, we aim toward identifying the gap between the ratio of high inputs and low yields by portraying the various loopholes in traditional Indian agriculture methods and how hydroponic agriculture is need of the hour for the growth of Indian agriculture. Also, the current trends in technology and research in the field of hydroponics around the world have been discussed to show how it can provide an ideal solution to the insufficiency of traditional farming, and how Indian farmers can adopt its implementation practices to boost their crop yield and income. Also, an IoT-based application has been proposed for monitoring and control of a hydroponic setup.