Carrots, cabbages, onions: can vegetables be grown safely and at scale in urban microfarm soils?

Perspectives for the use of spent coffee grounds in agriculture

Effects of Good Agricultural Practices on Proximate Content and Sterol Composition of Hazelnut

Good agricultural practices are defined as a production method encompassing all production and marketing stages, from soil to table. Before making a decision, the crops or agricultural activities previously grown in the production area should be known and their impacts on human health and the environment should be eval...

Performance comparison of indoor polyculture utilizing hydroponic and soil-based systems

Due to the rapidly expanding human population, the agriculture industry has struggled to provide enough food to meet demand. This issue has prompted increased interest in new ways to make farming more efficient. One promising solution is hydroponic farming, a method of growing plants with a nutrient solution as the med...

AGRONOMIC PERFORMANCE AND FOOD SAFETY ASSESSMENT OF TOMATO (Solanum lycopersicum L.) IRRIGATED WITH POLLUTED WATER FROM RAMGARH LAKE, INDIA

The use of polluted urban lake water for vegetable irrigation presents a critical trade-off between agronomic benefits and food safety risks. This study evaluated the effects of irrigation with heavy metal-contaminated water from Ramgarh Lake, Gorakhpur, on the growth, yield, and heavy metal accumulation in tomato (Sol...

From classical practices to precision agriculture: a multidisciplinary review of tea (Camellia sinensis)

Tea (Camellia sinensis) is one of the most widely consumed beverages worldwide and a crop of enduring cultural, economic, and scientific significance. Although many studies has examined cultivation and trade, no previous review has integrated tea’s long-term domestication history with recent advances in precision agric...

Cow Urine’s Agricultural Renaissance: Enhancing Crop Yield and Environmental Sustainability

In recent decades, global awareness of the need to conserve the natural environment and safeguard food integrity has increased markedly, leading to renewed interest in organic and low‑input farming systems. Cow urine is a distinctive organic resource that is easily accessible on dairy farms and has been used as a ferti...