Urban agriculture is emerging as a viable solution to curb food mileage, reducing the footprint generated by the distribution of food. This film attempts to document the existing urban agriculture practices in Delhi. The Draft Masterplan of Delhi 2041 proposes things like ‘Green Development’ and...
The Sixth Edition of Beejpatra explores ‘Creating Sustainable Livelihoods with Urban Agriculture’. Cities of India have been the face of “development” with a range of mega-projects like metro, road infrastructure, riverfronts, etc. but at the same time cities are also riddled with rising unemployment, malnutrition,...
[आरोन वॉनसिन्त्यां द्वारा लिखा गया लेख ‘शहरी मछली तालाब’ मूल रूप से ‘लो-टेक मैगज़ीन’ में मार्च 2021 में प्रकाशित हुआ था। इसका हिन्दी में अनुवाद करने और उसे प्रकाशित करने की अनुमति देने के लिए आरोन और ‘लो-टेक मैगज़ीन’ के सम्पादक क्रिस डेकर का धन्यवाद।...
शहरी खेती बहुत लम्बे समय से ही भारतीय शहरों का एक अभिन्न हिस्सा रही है। संसाधनों की कमी और बढ़ते पारिस्थितिक पदचिह्न से जूझते शहर में ये एक विकल्प है जिसके जरिये शहर और शहरी समुदाय अधिक आत्मनिर्भर बन सकते हैं। अधिकांश शहरों में, यह...
राँची में शहरी खेती पर हमारे अध्ययन के आधार पर तैयार की गयी इस रिपोर्ट को प्रस्तुत करते हुए हमें अत्यंत हर्ष है. शहरी खेती बहुत लम्बे समय से ही भारतीय शहरों का एक अभिन्न हिस्सा रही है। संसाधनों की कमी और बढ़ते पारिस्थितिक पदचिह्न...
The Fifth Edition of Beejpatra explores the symbiotic association between ‘waste’ and urban agriculture. Under capitalist urbanisation, waste is overproduction and a ‘non-value’ that can neither be consumed nor be invested back into the process of production. The production process itself is a linear rather...
[This article was originally published in The Bastion] Crores have been spent by various state governments on different policies to ‘develop’ the Yamuna and bring it back to life. In the process, such schemes disenfranchise those communities that have lived by the river for generations....
Beejpatra began as an attempt to provide a space for the urban farming community to present, talk about and propagate different ways in which citizens can make cities beautiful, socially just, more self-reliant, and ecological. It became a place to save and share the knowledge,...
Towards Urban Agriculture Policy for the NCT of Delhi: Why to have one and what it should do Urban Agriculture in Delhi Need for Urban Agriculture Policy Existing Institutional Context Challenges a UA Policy can address Approaches to UA Policy for Delhi Aspects of UA...
A POOR REPLICA Archana Singh and Rajendra Ravi (An edited version of this article was published in Down To Earth magazine in July 2021) After much delay, the Bihar government is finally pushing ahead with its 20.5- km expressway project, being built along the banks...