Re:Europe's Biggest Vertical Farm Will Be Powered by Wind an...
by jacquesm on Monday December 14, 2020 @05:29AM
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Ground is a super expensive component of farming in Western Europe.
Investing in Africa adds transportation costs and with perishables a lot of tariffs and restrictions will apply that are much easier to solve on shorter distances.
Finally, there are non-economic reasons such as independence for food production, water efficiency, energy efficiency (including transportation) and quality control.
Personally I think that food should be grown as close to the point of consumption as feasible, if that's Africa for Europe then so be it but if it can be done closer then that's better.
Investing in Africa adds transportation costs and with perishables a lot of tariffs and restrictions will apply that are much easier to solve on shorter distances.
Finally, there are non-economic reasons such as independence for food production, water efficiency, energy efficiency (including transportation) and quality control.
Personally I think that food should be grown as close to the point of consumption as feasible, if that's Africa for Europe then so be it but if it can be done closer then that's better.