Elaborating the Smart Urban Farming Initiative approved by the Cabinet, the Chief Minister said the Delhi Cabinet approved the Smart Urban Farming Initiative, which will benefit nearly 25,000 families in the first year from the 1,000 workshops that will be conducted.
Kejriwal said the Delhi Government will tie up with the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) for imparting special training to people for growing fruits and vegetables for self-consumption and as an entrepreneurial venture under its Smart Urban Farming Initiative. "Nearly 400 awareness workshops and 600 entrepreneurship training programmes will be organised across Delhi under the initiative.
We hope that about 25,000 families in the national capital will benefit from the Smart Urban Farming Initiative in its first year," he stressed. Noting that urban farming is a unique project where people from
all walks of life can start small-scale farming of fruits and vegetables within the confines of their balconies and terraces, he said that the government will support urban farmers with seeds and other essentials.
