Extension creates new positions focused on urban agriculture at University of Nevada, Reno
“My goal is to provide urban outdoor and indoor producers with research-based knowledge to assist them in making sound management decisions,” Naznin said.
By Brook Maloy
Nevada Today
June 7, 2023
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University of Nevada, Reno Extension has hired Most Tahera Naznin and Md Sazan Rahman in two newly created urban agriculture positions. Together they aim to help Extension increase sustainability and food security through indoor and outdoor horticulture, controlled-environment agriculture, food-security education, hydroponics systems and more.
Naznin will serve as the new associate professor of urban indoor agriculture, and has a bachelor’s degree in agriculture, master’s degrees in food chemistry and horticulture, and a Ph.D. in environmental horticulture.
Climate-smart urban and controlled-environment agriculture systems, such as greenhouses, indoor vertical farming, shipping container farming and high tunnels, and outdoor farming are the focus of Naznin’s research and interests. She aims to maximize year-round greenhouse, hydroponic and aquaponic crop production by focusing on the impact of environmental factors, irrigation, plant nutrition and other factors.
With this knowledge and research, Naznin hopes to enhance agriculture production and crop quality, especially health-beneficial phytochemicals and antioxidants. This would help increase customer satisfaction and producer profitability and sustainability.
