• 1Dr. Madhukar S. Chavan
• Mulla Jasmin Khalil

Food, water and shelter are the basic needs of mankind. A man has travelled in all directions in search of food and a better quality food. For travelling we use various modes of transport these days. This includes travelling by foot, vehicle, railway, airplane etc. The vice versa is also true. Now the food has started traveling towards a human being. During this travelling we burn a large quantity of fossil fuels. Burning fossils cause pollution, especially air pollution. The green house gases are responsible for increases temperature of the earth. That’s the whole world is talking about.But has anybody given a thought that, “Agricultural sector also causes a significant pollution”! Although it sounds weird, it is true. Every farmer used chemical fertilizers, insecticides, pesticides to protect his crop. While spraying insecticides, large quantity of insecticides and pesticides dissolves in air causing air pollution. Fertilizers used for assisting growth of plants are not completely absorbed by plants. Some traces of these fertilizers are left in the soil. They mix with water and percolate through the layers of soil and make the soil infertile. Isn’t it a kind of soil pollution? Fertilizers dissolve in water and through various water streams it reaches to the river and thus pollutes water in rivers. Although the efforts are being made to use organic fertilizers, but their use is limited. Also majority of water supplied to crops either percolates in the earth or evaporates. The artificial farming is an approach to grow crops in a controlled indoor environment. As the environment is indoor it will not have any insects, and pests affecting the crops, hence no insecticides and pesticides will be required. The indoor environment will neither evaporate water nor will percolate it in to the earth hence water requirements be very small. The indoor environment is equipped with artificial lightening. So crops can be grown independent of season.

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"Artificial Farming – The Need of Near Future", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 2, page no.139-141, February-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2002021.pdf

"Artificial Farming – The Need of Near Future", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 2, page no. pp139-141, February-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2002021.pdf