The rural markets play a significant role in transaction of agricultural produce in rural India. Vegetable cultivation is a caste dominated activity mainly practiced by marginal and small farmers for their sustenance. These markets serve as the first point of transaction for farmers engaged in vegetable cultivation. These markets are links to the urban markets providing fresh vegetables to the urban consumers. They provide an opportunity to the rural people to get maximum returns of their produce through an efficient marketing system. These markets if developed properly, will link the...

The urban sprawl has generated demand for nutritious food especially milk, meat and milk products both at domestic and commercial level leading to intensification and commercial rearing of livestock in the peri-urban areas. This has played a pivotal role in development of livelihoods in peri-urban areas. Livestock intensification effects farming system, floriculture, horticulture,vegetable cultivation, livelihood security, rural to urban migration and other associated activities.There is an urgent need for sustainable development of livestock husbandry, farming systems, floriculture and...