DISTAL - Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
FEEM - Foundation Eni Enrico Mattei, Milan, Italy.
Sci Rep. 2023 Feb 6;13(1):2109. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-29027-8.
African agriculture is bound to face challenges for its future food systems development and economic transformation. Indoor vertical farms with artificial lighting represent an opportunity that has been gaining relevance worldwide, thanks to their potential to enable high productivity rates, food quality and safety, year-round production, and more sustainable use of water and mineral nutrients. The present study assesses the potential for vertical farming technology integration within the African continent, targeting the countries where a more sustainable approach could be achieved. A deep analysis of each territory's major opportunities and challenges was built through an updated database of 147 development indicators from 54 African states. Countries such as South Africa, Seychelles, Egypt, Mauritius, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Cape Verde, and Nigeria showed the best prospective for indoor vertical farming implementation. Moreover, Seychelles, South Africa, and Egypt resulted to be the countries where vertical indoor farming could be more sustainable.
非洲农业在未来的粮食系统发展和经济转型方面必然面临挑战。室内垂直农场采用人工照明，具有很高的生产力、食品质量和安全性、全年生产以及更可持续地利用水和矿物营养等潜力，因此在全球范围内越来越受到关注。本研究评估了垂直农业技术在非洲大陆的整合潜力，目标是在那些可以实现更可持续发展的国家。通过对来自 54 个非洲国家的 147 个发展指标的最新数据库进行深入分析，构建了每个国家的主要机遇和挑战的深度分析。南非、塞舌尔、埃及、毛里求斯、摩洛哥、突尼斯、阿尔及利亚、佛得角和尼日利亚等国显示出了室内垂直农业实施的最佳前景。此外，塞舌尔、南非和埃及的垂直室内农业可能更具可持续性。
