W Food security is a challenge in many low-income communities face on a day to day basis. As a solution to utilize farming skills of the migrants and provide them more food security for the local community, micro-farming can be encouraged on a small scale. Being able to produce food will make slum dwellers less dependent on rashan cardholders , who otherwise make a profit out of their vulnerability. Further, small-scale urban farming provides occupational and entrepreneurial opportunities, often to women who would otherwise have none. For example, they could grow flowers and use them to make garlands which they can later sell. In the research, it was found that their meal comprises of mostly local leafy vegetables, tomatoes, and chillies. All of these can be easily grown in planters or sacks. Training them to build planter boxes out of waste, educating them about converting their household waste to compost and utilize the space efficiently can bring about a large scope in an improvement of their health. Sack farming has the potential not only to make food more available and affordable but also more nutritious. Although it is an affordable solution, dwellers seem resistant in considering it as an option to resolve their food crisis. Food security is a challenge in many low-income communities face on a day to day basis. As a solution to utilize farming skills of the migrants and provide them more food security for the local community, micro-farming can be encouraged on a small scale. Being able to produce food will make slum dwellers less dependent on rashan cardholders , who otherwise make a profit out of their vulnerability. Further, small-scale urban farming provides occupational and entrepreneurial opportunities, often to women who would otherwise have none. For example, they could grow flowers and use them to make garlands which they can later sell. In the research, it was found that their meal comprises of mostly local leafy vegetables, tomatoes, and chillies. All of these can be easily grown in planters or sacks. Training them to build planter boxes out of waste, educating them about converting their household waste to compost and utilize the space efficiently can bring about a large scope in an improvement of their health. Sack farming has the potential not only to make food more available and affordable but also more nutritious. Although it is an affordable solution, dwellers seem resistant in considering it as an option to resolve their food crisis.W

Loss in agriculture

Environmental changes may be driven by many factors including economic growth, population growth, urbanization, intensification of agriculture, rising energy use and transportation. Poverty remains a problem and the sufferer of several environmental problems. The change in environment is directly associated with immense climatic changes in the country, especially over past decades.

No prospect in rural life

People in rural areas have often found themselves marginalised both by decisions on the formulation and development of rural policy and by decision-making processes related to rural development policy.

People in the rural areas are more profoundly affected. A number of serious problems confront them: relatively high unemployment, marginalisation, a lack of appropriate resources, a level of education below that available in towns and cities, and poor career prospects. Jobs in farming is formerly the main source of employment in the villages but day by day there are fewer farmers who want to take over a farm face many hurdles.

Given these difficulties, the dilemma these people face is whether to stay in the village or to go in search of opportunities elsewhere.

WHY SLUMS DEVELOP ?

Income in rural areas is adversely affected by repercussions of climate change. Despite being skilled farmers, the poor migrants are forced to take up lowly paid labour jobs due to loss of agriculture. Agriculture which is the largest source of income in neighboring rural areas is adversely affected by repercussions of climate change, resulting in loss of income for rural agrarian communities.

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Food security

For unskilled rural farmers, the increasing push of agrarian crises, low wages, and unemployment has left migration as the only choice for survival. In this foriegn land food becomes a challenge in many low-income communities face on a day to day basis

The skills they master in is put to an end and they have to leave behind the farms they grew in and move to cities to sustain their families. Ironically the one who used to grow food for all now sleeps empty stomach.

THE FOOD CRISIS

Majority migrants travel from other states and hence fail to benefit from government subsidies on food and other goods. This gives local Rashan card holder another chance to exploit the poor residents, who sell their share at a higher price. The alternative is to spend their valuable financial resources to buy food: poor dwellers spend on average Rs 20 to buy food every day.This is nearly 10% of their typical daily income.

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In the research, it was found that their meal comprises of mostly local leafy vegetables, tomatoes, and chillies. All of these can be easily grown in planters or sacks. Training them to build planter boxes out of waste, educating them about converting their household waste to compost and utilize the space efficiently can bring about a large scope in an improvement of their health.

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SOLUTION-MICRO FARMING

As a solution to utilize farming skills of the migrants and provide them more food security for the local community, micro-farming can be encouraged on a small scale. Being able to produce food will make slum dwellers less dependent on rashan cardholders , who otherwise make a profit out of their vulnerability. Further, small-scale urban farming provides occupational and entrepreneurial opportunities, often to women who would otherwise have none. For example, they could grow flowers and use them to make garlands which they can later sell.

Sack farming has the potential not only to make food more available and affordable but also more nutritious.

Time span for growth of vegetables

THE TRANSFORMATION

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