Urban Agriculture

Urban Agriculture

Urban Agriculture

eBook
Author(s):Subas Chandra Sahoo & Meenakshi Mohanty
Format: PDF
Published year: 2023
Publisher: NIPA (New India Publishing Agency)
Language: English
Pages: 224
ISBN: 9788119002375, 8119002377, 9788119002399

Summary

Conventionally, agriculture is considered as a primary source of livelihood with focus on fulfilling the basic requirements of food, feed, clothing and shelter. Since many years, agricultural activities are concentrated within rural limits. Time has come to harness the potentialities of urban resources to take up agriculture related activities. Technological innovations have opened up the avenue for invigorating such activities under urban environment. Urban ecosystem comprising of various limitations like inadequate land area, restrictions in land use, high labour cost, etc. requires special interventions for taking up agricultural activities. The book contains diversified aspects of urban agriculture such as floriculture, vegetable production, fruit plantation, medicinal plants, landscape management, lawn preparation, mushroom production, bee keeping, value addition, vertical garden, hydroponics, green wall, bonsai making, etc.
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