Punjab seeks greenhouse farming techniques from Costa Rica

Indian representatives from the Punjab are currently visiting Costa Rica to investigate its greenhouse crop cultivation methods.

In total, they will be visiting 4 farms in the Alajuela region specializing in a number of different crops.

Hydroponics is the area of farming that is of most interest to the representives.

In the Punjab there is an urgent need for agriculutral diversification. the visit to Costa Rica is specifically to learn more about how crop yield and quality may be improved by using intensive hydroponic greenhouse farming methods.

Hydroponics is a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients.