Rinesh Sharma, 25, is an entrepreneur living in Lautoka who has started up something unique.
“While studying in India, I came across a software engineer who had an indoor hydroponics farm in Goa,” he said.
“After reading his success story, I made up my mind to do the same back home.”
“Engineering combined with agriculture allows me to grow plants in its special conditions and parameters, maximising faster yields,” he said.
“I grow strawberries, mint, coriander, coral lettuce and butter crunch lettuce. The idea of hydroponics came to me in my third year of engineering.
“Since then, I have researched every day about executing this project on a commercial scale in Fiji.”
Mr Sharma said he came back to Fiji in May and started an automated hydroponics system, in which he grew green leafy vegetables in his backyard.