Vertical farming is the practice of growing produce in vertically stacked layers.
Jafar Hasan - updated group, الزراعة العمودية vertical farming
معلومات عن مشروع ريادي
Project name and the idea
اسم وفكرة المشروع
الزراعة العمودية vertical farming
What is vertical farming exactly?
As the world population grows, there is an increasing demand for sustainable, nutrient dense, and tasty food, hence, agriculture becomes increasingly important for keeping the world fed and healthy. With growing urbanisation, valuable farmland is becoming scarcer and food production requires more ingenious ways to increase yields. Conventional crops have four characteristics:
- They are only grown on one level aka the ground.
- Plants are constricted to being grown in soil.
- Crops are bombarded by disease.
- Crops are battered by unfavourable weather.
Vertical farming attempts to change this and, in the process, revolutionise farming with the latest in technology.
Vertical farms are layers upon layers of crops stacked on top of one another, either inside a warehouse or large building. UV-LED lights are used to mimic sunlight and soils are replaced with a water-based alternative like hydroponics, aquaponics or aeroponics. Everything is controlled, down to the last detail; the UV lamps give crops a cloudless summers day – every day; water-based mediums control precise levels of oxygen and nutrients; and pests and disease can easily be controlled.
Opportunities in Vertical Farming
Vertical farming is still in its infancy since it is highly limited by leaps and bounds in technological advances. However, the industry has much to offer those wishing to plant themselves at the forefront of the worlds agriculture revolution.
Vertical farming jobs can take you all over the world, mostly to bustling cities of the world with a high density of tech start-ups. The great thing is that these businesses usually have small teams of people offering an eclectic mix of business and science skills. Hence, opportunities span from: horticultural jobs tending plants; technical jobs, ensuring everything from lights to filtration systems are running properly; to sales jobs looking to find consistent buyers of high-quality produce.
Since it is a growing market, said to be worth $13billion dollars by 2024, and you can be assured that your career will grow and develop with you. By no means will vertical farming to supersede conventional farming, but it certainly has a future role to play in sustainable food production.
There are numerous ways to break into a job in vertical farming. Conventionally, they require you to undertake an internship for you to gain a hold on how things are run. But after your initial stint, those working on the horticultural jobs can expect salaries of around $28,000. For those seeking management jobs, you should expect more.
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Targeting sector ( industrial, agriculture, services, food industry, Telecom, …)
القطاع ( صناعي, زراعي, خدمي,صناعات غذائية, اتصالات,....)
زراعي
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Added Value
القيمة المضافة (بالفكرة او التكنولوجيااو طريقة التنفيذ او السوق ..)
التكنولوجيااو طريقة التنفيذ
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Is it includes patent, first implementation of original research, or new product or service.
هل يتضمن المشروع اختراع جديد او تطبيق لبحث اصيل اول مرة او منتج جديد.
نعم
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Customer Segments
الشريحة المستفيدين
المطاعم التجار
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Budget size at Beginning
حجم الميزانية المتوقعة للبدء
$250,000
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Problems, obstacles and challenges
اهم المشاكل والمعوقات والتحديات
ضمن دراسة الجدوى
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Team size required/ numbers and specialties
حجم الفريق المطلوب لتنفيذ للمشروع/ العدد والخبرات المتوفرة
farm worker, vegetables
contractor - agricultural service
greenhouse worker
general labourer - farm
Communications Manager
Electrician
Partnership Development Manager
Shipping Receiving & Inventory Coordinator
Horticulture Technician (Indoor Vertical Farming)
Production Worker
Production Workers
Horticulture Specialist
R&D Grower
Operations Manager
Grower
Procurement Manager
Electrical Engineer, Grow Lighting
Production Crew Member
Lead Horticulturist
Assistant Horticulturist
Marketing Coordinator
Project Assistant
Plant Manager
Head Grower
Farm Technician
Operations Team Lead
Data Scientist
General Manager
Accounting Specialist
IT Intern
Senior Grower
Engineering Technician
IT Systems Manager
Assay Development Technician
Administrative Services/ Human Resource Manager
Mechanical Design Engineer
Packaging Technician
Finance Associate
Mechanical Engineer
Production Team Lead
Sales Manager, Retail
Receiving and Inventory Clerk
Maintenance Technician
Safety Intern
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Operational team specialties / period of experience
الاختصاصات المطلوبة للفريق المنفذ / مدة الخبرة
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Do you have Feasibility study for the project
هل تتوفر دراسة جدوى للمشروع
لا يوجد
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Estimated time to start the project
المدة المتوقعة للبدء بالمشروع
5 اشهر
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Place planned as project location
المكان المخطط لبدء المشروع
كردستان
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Does your project required E-commerce
هل يتطلب المشروع التسويق الالكتروني
ربما
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Estimated amount of money provided by you at beginning
حجم الموارد المالية المتوقعة توفيرها ذاتيا قبل البدء
$5,000
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Expected partners (support, execute,..etc)
الشركاء المتوقعين للمشروع (الدعم والاسناد والتنفيذ الجزئي )
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The geographical area to market the product or service
الرقعة الجغرافية لتسويق المنتج او الخدمة
العراق
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Are there administrative and legal requirements for starting the project (licenses, permissions, registration ...)
هل تتوفر المتطلبات الإدارية والقانونية الرسمية لبدء المشروع ( اجازات و رخص وتسجيل...)
لا
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Suggested ways to develop the project after implementation
الطرق المقترحة لتطوير المشروع بعد المباشرة بالتنفيذ
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Do project staff require training? What type of training?
هل يتطلب تدريب للعاملين ؟ ما هو التدريب المطلوب
نعم
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Does the project require foreign staff / number and specialization
هل يتطلب المشروع عمالة اجنبية/ العدد والاختصاص
نعم
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Are there advertising requirements for the project?
هل تتوفر متطلبات دعاية وإعلان للمشروع
ربما
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Relationship between the team (family, partners, friends, colleagues, ...)
العلاقة بين فريق العمل ( عائلي, شركاء , أصدقاء , زملاء ,... )
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Does managing the project require using foreign languages for external communication
هل تحتاج إدارة المشروع لللغات الأجنبية للتعامل الخارجي
نعم
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Is this project linked with other projects?
هل للمشروع ارتباط بمشاريع اخرى
ربما
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Did you have loan on this project? Is it registered anywhere? Did this project participate in any exhibition?
هل سبق نشر المشروع/ هل حصل على قرض سابقا / هل اشترك في معرض
لا
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