High tech farming is farming in productive ways by using advance methods, and techniques for higher output and quality in harvest.

For example, orchid farming is capital intensive with the need for research,and relevant techniques to produce long lasting flower blooms for exports at competitive cost to win overseas customers.

Soiless farming has broguht better quality and fresh vegetables for our daily consumption.

Tiger prawn farming in disused dock or purpose-bullt ponds can bring good profits as a means of supplementary other cash income.

Even pineapple or banana plantations with the right soil and conditions can produce non local species. Proper manangement in planting, harvesting. and value-adding to the products, and zero waste are important for a good harvest and the final products for satisfied customers.

What is high tech farming

High-tech farming mainly refers to agricultural methods using the latest technology, like hydrophonics and aerophonics. That is to say growing veggies in water or in the air only, without the use of soil. And there’s also orchid farms and ornamental fish. It’s also called agrotechnoloy here.

There are minimal physical inputs to the system, but it is capital intensive since large capital outlay is required to buy specialized equipment, maintenance, training of labour etc. It’s also a commercial farming system, farmers invest in them both for local and export markets; technical know-how is a must, for example, for hydrophonics computers are used to monitor; it is labour-intensive because of the training of lab technicians, scientists, chemists and farm-hands; it uses farming technologiy to increase yields; it has high output and market value because the so-called hygenic (usually pesticide-free) conditions appeal to all health-conscious people out there who don't mind paying more; it is dependent on research and development. Like growing temperate vegetables in a tropical climate, or genetic engineering developing disease-resistant plants with nice colours, or transgenic animals.