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From informal to formal acceptance: leaps and bounds of urban agriculture in the development sphere

Ranasinghe

The International Journal of Biodiversity Science and Management

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This paper expands knowledge on urban agriculture through literature analysis and feedback from implementing the Family Business Garden concept in Sri Lanka. It argues that traditional home gardening distracts urban planners from the economic and social value of small-to-medium agro-entrepreneurship. The paper emphasizes the necessity of formal acceptance for micro-farming activities by mainstreaming urban agriculture in the development sphere.