Possibility of Integrating Stingless Bees (Tetragonula iridipennis) into Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture and Urban Forest: Outlook Study from Bangalore-Silicon Valley of India

Honey Bee Diversity in Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture and Urban Forest- Outlook Study from Bengaluru-Silicon Valley of India: A Review

“…The UPA fills the hunger gaps by enhancing the access and distribution of food in urban areas (Lee-Smith 2010). Currently, urban agriculture is being practiced for meeting subsistence needs, as a market-oriented activity, for recreation, or as a combination of all these components (Vazhacharickal et al, 2020).…”

“…Urban agriculture in Bengaluru flourish with the support of Garden City Farmers Trust; NGO which support urban farming, which is similar to Dr. Doshi's city garden methods suitable to reduced spaces such as balconies and terraces which depend on locally available materials like sugarcane wastes, polyethylene bags and household organic wastes and are targeted towards mainly domestic consumption ( (Vazhacharickal and Buerkert 2011). The need for housing increases the value of agricultural land in urban and peri-urban areas and leads to their rapid transformation (Vazhacharickal 2014;Hoffmann et al, 2017;Vazhacharickal et al, 2020).…”

“…Growing cities can have profound positive or negative impacts on their surrounding food producing areas and trend that is most often observed, negative impacts on food and nutrition security resulting especially from increasing pressure on the natural resources required to feed the urban population (Grinspan 2015). Another opportunity of UPA to contribute to the localization of the food system rises from its direct access to urban consumers and markets, which facilitates the expansion of direct marketing arrangements (Vazhacharickal et al 2020). Frazier 2018).…”

“…Frazier 2018). India's new middle-class is elusive and consists of a heterogenous group of people who are generally high educated and well-travelled and who carve out a social position between elite and working classes through consumption and leisure practices (Fernandes and Heller 2006;van Holstein 2019;Vazhacharickal et al 2020).…”

“…OTGians have created a vibrant community dedicated to sharing resources and knowledge about urban gardening, with the goal of reworking existing relations of food production and consumption in the city. Communication among members is mainly mediated through the group's FaceBook page and group identity is largely built on that platform (Grinspan 2015;Frazier 2018;Vazhacharickal et al 2020).…”