Shobha Devi on edible plants

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Urban Farming: By BCIL

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Urban Farming: By BCIL

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What is Urban Agriculture?

• Urban agriculture is the practice of growing edible plants in urban spaces such as terraces, backyards, and unused plots of land

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Facts..

• 50% of the world’s population lives in cities• Low income urban dwellers spend between 40% and 60% of their income on food alone• Only one benefiting from agriculture is the middle man, neither farmer nor consumer.

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City’s Food Needs

• Average purchase of fruits & vegetables to a family is 1 kg.

• Middle- and upper classes in Bangalore count up to 1 million in a city of 8.5 million. That’s 1000 tons a day.

• Average distance of travel of vegetables in Bangalore : 100 km. That’s 30 liters for every 5 tons of fruits and vegetables.

• That’s 200 trucks a day!

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The Benefits of Urban Farming

• Energy Saving: Urban agriculture produces food that is truly local while reducing food miles (the distance food travels before you get to eat it)

• Reduced Use of Pesticides: Crops produced on a smaller scale are less likely to be devastated by pests and disease, particularly when biodiversity is practiced

• Reduced Need for Preservatives: Food produced within the city is not transported over long distances and does not require extra measures to increase its lifespan

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What it takes ?

• Sun, little water, cow dung or organic manure, little soil.

• organic waste generated in the house, and containers

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Recycled containers

• Recycled cements bags / poly bags • Recycled drums • Recycled containers • Planter boxes • Old tiers • Concrete structures • Any structure that can hold a garden

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Locations

• Balcony: Vegetables like a couple of beets, carrots, some spinach, methi, coriander, onions can be grown in a container.

• Productive Public Spaces: Convert public lands into productive farms of organic vegetable produce

• Schools and Educational institutions: Make students care for vegetable gardens whose produce could be Used in their canteens.

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Locations

• Corporates: Empty spaces around office buildings could serve to grow veggies for employees. Would serve to green office areas and make employees healthy and happy – De-stressing for the mind, a good exercise and relaxing for body

• Terraces: Apartment dwellers in cities could take our services to reduce their food miles by letting us convert their terraces into productive vegetable growing spaces

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Planter boxes

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Herbs

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Vegetables and gourds

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Fruits

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Greens

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“How to”• First step of sowing the seed begins with finding the right container

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Punching the hole• Punch four holes in the container

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Draining• Add a layer of draining materials like, Coconut shells,brickbats,baby jelly or

Charcoal.• Charcoal , apart from draining excess water ,retains the moisture for

plants

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soil mix• Terrace/Container garden soil mix consist of soil, manure, sand and coir

pith and other inert material like purlite, vermiculate to add volume and hold moisture .

• Soil mix consist of soil, manure, sand and coir pith

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Treat the seed • Coriander seeds are crushed before they are sowed in the soil

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Spread the seeds on soil • A thick layer of seed to be spread over the soil

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Cover it with a layer of soil• After the seeds are been spread they have to be covered with a layer of

soil

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Watering • Water the container thoroughly

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Select a sapling• Select a healthy sapling

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Plant the sapling

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Watering • Water the sapling and keep it in the place with good sunlight

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After 3-4 months

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