DRDO working on cultivating vegetables under intense winters for Indian Army
As the troops are set to spend harsh winters at the China border, the Defence Research and Development Organisation is working on cultivating vegetabl
DRDO working on cultivating vegetables under intense winters for Indian Army
L EH: As the troops are set to spend harsh winters at the China border, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is working on cultivating vegetables in the tough conditions here, for the Indian Army, with the technologies like passive greenhouse technology, zero energy-based technique storage, and microgreens. The research for the same is being done by DRDO's Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR). While speaking to ANI, DIHAR's Director, Dr Om Prakash Chaurasia said that the focus is now on to augment the availability of fresh vegetables in winters like summers. "With DRDO technology and hill council, all vegetables can be grown in summer but now our focus is on winters that how to augment the availability of fresh items in winters. There are two approaches, one is to standardise the greenhouse technology. This (Leh) place has high intercity of solar even during peak winter period so we are working on a passive greenhouse. We will be able to gr…
