Indoor Plant Production: The indoor farming technical library
IPP (Indoor Plant Production) is an independent knowledge exchange and educational resource that aims to support controlled environment agriculture (CEA), vertical farming, indoor farming, hydroponics, and other advanced plant production systems.
Our mission is simple: to make reliable, accessible, and evidence-based information available to anyone interested in growing plants in controlled environments.
The field of Indoor farming is evolving rapidly and brings together horticulture, engineering, environmental science, data analytics, business management, and other emerging technologies. Whilst interest in the sector continues to grow, high quality information is often scattered across academic journals, commercial publications, technical reports, and industry sources. IPP aims to bridge that gap by bringing together clear, practical, and technically robust information in one place.
Why IPP is important
Indoor plant production systems are an essential component of future food production, particularly in the context of maintaining food supply in a changing climate. However, many controlled environment production systems face significant challenges in terms of energy use, economics, scalability, and sustainability.
One key industry issue identified is a lack of available and reliable information for practitioners and new entrants in this emerging sector. IPP aims to support the development of the controlled growing sector, offering free access to a range of detailed and accurate knowledge exchange materials. The content available draws upon scientific literature, industry experience, engineering principles, and practical growing knowledge. We aim to explain complex topics clearly without oversimplifying them, and always from an impartial position.
Understanding the opportunities and challenges for indoor growing is essential for the future of agriculture and food production. IPP aims to help develop that understanding.
