Tunnel / Vertical Farming
The technology of tunnel/ vertical farming ensures availability of fresh vegetables for the consumers round the year. It has the potential to produce higher quality and quantity of vegetables from small piece of land. The critical timings, methods & economical levels of fertilizer and irrigation for off-season tomato, cucumber, zucchini, bitter gourd and bell pepper were identified in high tunnels. More than 400 farmers were trained in off-season vegetables farming and 80 farmers (Charsadda, Mardan, Swabi, Nowshera and Peshawar) have adopted tunnels/ vertical farming technology for growing off-season tomatoes and cucumber by using NIFA integrated nutrient and water management package and are getting ten to fifteen times more income compared to conventional ones.
