Urban Rooftop Farming in Bangalore: A Condensed Analysis of Sustainability and Economic Viability

• DOI: 10.15680/ijmrset.2025.0804509
• Publication Date: 2025-05-02T01:15:33Z
• Authors: Annliya Francis; Bharath A; ; Arshia Afridi; ; P L Meghana Reddy; ; Ashutosh Kumar Ti...; ; Chethan N; ; Rahul Gupta
• Keywords: Urban Sustainability; Economic Analysis

This research examines the emerging sector of urban rooftop farming in Bangalore, India, focusing on sustainability practices and economic viability. Through analysis data from five established gardening firms—My Dream Garden, Squarefoot Farmers, GreenMyLife, Urban Mali, Gardening Wizards—this study provides insights into current state, challenges, future prospects agriculture one India's fastest- growing metropolitan areas. The reveals significant potential for environmental food security, alongside substantial operational challenges impeding widespread adoption. Awareness interest among practitioners are high, with motivations ranging to security opportunity. Sustainability approaches vary considerably, rainwater harvesting, organic farming, hydroponics as most common methods. Economic indicates revenue disparities (₹1,000-₹10,000+ monthly), profitability influenced by scale, crop selection, market access. Firms utilizing specialty crops, modern techniques, diverse distribution channels demonstrate higher potential. However, high initial setup costs universally identified primary barrier entry expansion. For mainstream adoption viability, stakeholders recommend increased government support through subsidies incentives, expanded training programs, improved access supplies, community-based collaborative initiatives. While represents a promising approach its transition niche practice solution requires coordinated interventions across policy, technical, domains.