Database research record2013·India (Mumbai)
Urban and peri-urban agricultural production along railway tracks: a case study from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region
Prem José Vazhacharickal, Martina Předotová, D. Chandrasekharam, Sharit K. Bhowmik, Buerkert, Andreas
Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics (University of Kassel)
Urban Farm DB summary
A study surveyed 38 railway gardeners to characterize urban and peri-urban agricultural production along railway tracks in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Irrigation water contained nutrients but also heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, and mercury, and pathogens like Escherichia coli. Heavy metal levels exceeded critical thresholds in surface soils for chromium, nickel, and strontium, and in produce for lead, cadmium, and strontium.