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With the expanding population and the shrinking area for conventional horticulture and home gardens within cities, the idea of roof gardening in towns has evolved. New technologies have been developed to grow a series of horticultural crops in different types of containers. Information is provided on the productivity of different technologies used for roof-top gardening. A review is made of the diversity of species and cultivars which can be grown on the roofs of buildings, and of how they can contribute to supplying a variety of nutrients, which help to meet the requirements for a healthy diet and contribute to the food and nutrition security of the increasing urban population.
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Baudoin, W. et al. (2017). Rooftop Gardening for Improved Food and Nutrition Security in the Urban Environment. In: Orsini, F., Dubbeling, M., de Zeeuw, H., Gianquinto, G. (eds) Rooftop Urban Agriculture. Urban Agriculture. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57720-3_13
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