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A multi-story stacked protected farm is a high-tech structure for growing vegetables on multi-stacks in each floor under optimally controlled environments in a location where the weather or the soil is not conducive. An attempt has been made in this paper to evaluate economic of a six-story protected farm on a land in Delhi city, India, that having 3-layered stacked in each story. The study revealed that crop yield under the multi-story stacked protected farming system is significantly high. The initial unit cost of construction of the farm is high, but the operating cost is very less. It has several eco-friendly advantages compared with open field farming. Importantly, growing food within cities prevents the need for transportation of crops from distant farmlands to urban areas which reduces the food transportation carbon footprint.
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The authors are thankful to the head of the Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Agartala, Tripura, India, for providing administrative support for carrying out this research work.
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Sarkar, A., Majumder, M. Economic of a six-story stacked protected farm structure. Environ Dev Sustain 21, 1075–1089 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-018-0088-0
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