Vertical agriculture has some potential advantages:
1. High land use efficiency: Vertical agriculture can plant more crops in a limited space, because planting facilities can be stacked vertically, which improves land use efficiency.
2. High utilization efficiency of water resources: vertical agriculture adopts circulating water system, which can recover and reuse water resources to the maximum extent and reduce waste.
3. No seasonal restrictions: Due to the control of indoor environment, vertical agriculture can realize production without seasonal restrictions all year round and provide stable product supply.
4. Less affected by pollution and pests: Vertical agriculture in a closed environment can reduce the adverse effects of the external environment on crops and better control pests and diseases.
However, vertical agriculture also faces some challenges:
1. High cost: The equipment, technology and energy required for vertical agriculture are high, resulting in high initial investment and operating costs.
2. Energy consumption: In order to provide suitable lighting and climatic conditions, vertical agriculture needs a large number of artificial light sources and energy sources, which has certain requirements for energy consumption.
3. Complex technology: Vertical agriculture needs to master advanced planting technology and equipment operation skills, and has higher technical requirements for practitioners.
To sum up, vertical agriculture has potential in improving land use efficiency, saving water resources and providing stable production throughout the year. However, due to the challenges of high cost, high energy consumption and technical complexity, its realization and commercial application still face some difficulties. Before considering investing in vertical agriculture, it is recommended to conduct detailed market research and risk assessment.