SIDDIQUI, SIDRA2018-07-312018-07-312017https://escholar.umt.edu.pk/handle/123456789/3081Supervised by : DR.SAIMA GULZARThe advent of agriculture has ushered in an unprecedented increase in the human population and their domesticated animals. Today, over 800 million hectares is committed to soil-based agriculture, or about 38% of the total landmass of the earth. It has re-arranged the landscape in favor of cultivated fields at the expense of natural ecosystems, reducing most natural areas to fragmented, semi- functional units, while completely eliminating many others. A reliable food supply was the result. Modern agriculture employs a multitude of chemical products, and exposure to toxic levels of some classes of agrochemicals (pesticides, fungicides) have created other significant health risks that are only now being sorted out by epidemiologists and toxicologists. As if that were not enough to be concerned about , it is predicted that over the next 50 years, the human population is expected to rise to at least 8.6 billion, requiring an additional 10􀎅 hectares to feed them using current technologies, or roughly the size of brazil. That quantity of additional arable land is simply not available. Solutions are already being applied in other developing countries like China, Switzerland, Malaysia Netherlands and so on but not yet even introduced in Pakistan. Scientists in Pakistan are still on basic research and busy in recording the consequences of urbanization on agricultural land instead of working on solution to cease the growing global food problems. Moreover in Pakistan there are not enough research centers where Think tanks can work together to find the better solution for the problem. Our solution involves the construction of an Modern agriculture research center with hi-tech vertical green house, bio-mass department and a civic garden and farmers market to involve the local public which altogether make a platform where not only scientists works for the solution but also students, farmers and public contributes their part in this challenge of growing population with the demand of more food in less agriculture land. This will lead us to one anticipated long-terms benefits that would be the gradual repair of many of the world’s damaged ecosystems through the systematic abandonment of farmland. In temperate and tropical zones, the regrowth of hardwood forests could play a significant role in carbon sequestration and many help reverse current trends in global climate change. Other benefits of vertical farming include the creation of a sustainable urban environment that encourages good health for all who choose to live there; new employment opportunities, cleaner air, safe use of municipal liquid waste, and abundant supply of safe drinking water.enAgriculture,Domesticated AnimalsEpidemiologists and toxicologists,Exposure to toxic levelsThesis