Urban agriculture should become an inherent component of urban planning and through government (national, regional and local) support and citizens’ participation, it can become a success story as demonstrated in Cuba and Brazil.
The huge quantities of solid and liquid waste generated by major urban centres have to be effectively managed and disposed. The recycling of this waste to grow food for meeting urban hunger has been done in various parts of the world. East Kolkata wetlands have effectively reused both the solid and liquid waste of the metropolis as a nutrient rich medium for agriculture and aquaculture.
