Vegetables Grown Under Protected Ag Structures

Equipment

Equipos

Protection

Protección

Human-made Structures

Estructuras

The production of high-value vegetables and other horticultural crops in greenhouses and vertical farms. It allows farmers to grow cash crops on small plots in marginal, water-deficient areas where traditional cropping may not be viable. Also called protected agriculture or protected crop production.

Protected Cultivation

Cultivos protegidos 

Protected Agriculture

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Protective Structures

Estructuras protectoras

Windbreaks are linear plantings of trees and shrubs designed to enhance crop production, protect people and livestock, and benefit soil and water conservation.

Windbreaks

Cortavientos

Greenhouses

Invernaderos

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Protective Structures

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Greenhouses

Vegetables Grown Under Protected Ag Structures

Windbreaks