The book discusses the utility of urban agriculture (UA) to solve various urban problems in India. Good practice urban agriculture is growing vegetables, fruits, fish and livestock in a regulated manner on any available urban land. In India shortages of per capita land availability and fresh water supply are realities. In urban agriculture, both sewage water and organic waste can be gainfully utilized in producing fish and vegetable, thus transforming urban waste into resource. UA can reduce urban hunger, pollution and food price. Well planned, UA can help in reducing food mile (distance from farm to plate) and carbon foot print thus saving fuel. Population growth and rapid urbanization are encroaching on agricultural land resulting in displaced agricultural labourers migrating to cities and settling in urban sprawls devoid of water, sanitation and basic amenities. This creates stress on city infrastructure and adversely impacts health, hygiene and urban food availability. The migrants, skilled in the indigenous techniques of farming can be gainfully utilized in regulated UA, which not only compensate for the urban food shortage and benefit the migrants with a livelihood but also provide the congested city with lungs. The book, highlights experiences from India and the world. CONTENTS Foreword ........................................................................................................... 7 Preface .............................................................................................................. 9 Acknowledgement ........................................................................................... 11 Introduction .................................................................................................... 13 Section A: Urban Agriculture 1. Urban Agriculture for India: Learning from the World ................... 17 Rahul Gupta and Sumita Gupta Gangopadhyay 2. Curitiba in Brazil, the global sustainable city in 2010- a case study............................. 27 Sumita Gupta Gangopadhyay, FITP 3. Promoting Urban Agriculture in India- Some Lessons from Latin America .....................37 Rahul Gupta and Sumita Gupta Gangopadhyay 4. Good Practice Urban Agriculture and Better Built Environment in India ................ 49 Sumita Gupta Gangopadhyay 5. Urban Agriculture and Sustainable Technology: the Need of the hour ............... 57 Sumita Gupta Gangopadhyay Section B: Urban Agriculture and Planning 6. Urban Agriculture: Untapped Potential for Creating Sustainable Cities .............. 69 Rahul Gupta and Sumita Gupta Gangopadhyay 7. Role of Peri Urban Area of KMA for Transforming it into a sustainable Mega City.............. 75 Sumita Gupta Gangopadhyay 8. Peri-Urban Agriculture and Aquaculture ........................................ 87 Rahul Gupta and Sumita Gupta Gangopadhyay 9. Planning for urban agriculture – case study of newly added peri-urban areas of Hyderabad ........ 97 Rajamohanreddy Tippaluri, Janmejoy Gupta and Sumita Gupta Gangopadhyay 10. Integrated Resource Recovery Project in Kolkata, India ............... 129 Sumita Gupta Gangopadhyay Section C: Food Price Control through Proper Urban Agriculture and Planning 11. Urban Agriculture, Planning and Food Price Control ................... 137 Rahul Gupta and Sumita Gupta Gangopadhyay 12. Wastewater usage in urban and peri-urban agricultural production systems: scenarios from India ............. 145 Prem Jose Vazhacharickal and Sumita Gupta Gangopadhyay 13. Sustainable Mega Cities : Urban Agri-aqua Culture in Peri-urban Areas ............. 167 Sumita Gupta Gangopadhyay 14. Urban Food Security through Urban Agriculture and Waste Recycling: Some Lessons for India ...... 177 Rahul Gupta and Sumita Gupta Gangopadhyay 15. Case of the Food Miles Footprint ................................................. 195 Rahul Gupta and Sumita Gupta Gangopadhyay Index ............................................................................................ 203