Smart System Evaluation in Vertical Farming via Fuzzy WEDBA Method

Abstract

By 2050, The World is expected to be populated by 9.1 billion people and global food demand is estimated to rise approximately 50%. Due to global warming agricultural output is expected to fall by 10% by 2050. Since arable land is limited, new ways to harvest more food from the unit area such as vertical farming are gaining popularity. Fourth industrial revolution and the AI are expected to contribute to these efficiency efforts. Innovators use even vessel containers to set up smart farms. In this paper, we asked experts to evaluate urban smart farming alternatives. Weighted Euclidean Distance Based Approximation (WEDBA) method is employed to assist the decision-making process.