Renewable energy plays a crucial role in both climate change mitigation and adaptation in
highly climate-vulnerable nations such as Nepal. This paper reviews various types of …

Abstract Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) applications, such as vertical farms and
plant factories, have the potential to shift food production to be close to urban centers …

Greenhouse cultivation has evolved from simple covered rows of open-fields crops to highly
sophisticated controlled environment agriculture (CEA) facilities that projected the image of …

Uncertain climate changes and increasing energy and food production demands lead to
food insecurity, especially for drought-prone areas like the study region, Iran. This study …

Irrigation is one of energy-intensive operations in agriculture, which consumes great part of
energy inputs and has harmful environmental effects. Thus, the goal of this study is to …

This paper provides an updated literature review about greenhouse systems and helps to
identify the most preferable characteristics of a greenhouse for diverse climates and …

Climate change impacts, limited fossil fuel resources and escalating energy demand result
in the use of clean and renewable energies such as solar thermal energy for sustainable …

Highlights•Energy saving potential of construction materials and dimensions of design
explored.•Heating efficiency of different environmental control practises explored.•Heating …

This article provides an extensive review on design, thermal modelling approaches, and
economic, energy and environmental aspects of solar greenhouse dryers developed for …

Greenhouse technology is an opportune tool for increasing crop yields through the accurate
adjustment of internal climate growth conditions such as temperature, humidity, light …