AGRIHOOD

Agriculture is not crop production as popular belief holds - it's the production of food and fiber from the world's land and waters. Without agriculture it is not possible to have a city, stock market, banks, university, church or army. Agriculture is the foundation of civilization and any stable economy. - Allan Savory (Zimbabwean ecologist) 

What is 'AGRIHOOD'?  

The word is derived by combining two words;agriculture and neighbourhood. Essentially it is a phenomenon where a community is situated around or amongst farmland. Much like communities situated around golf courses. The people from this community are member of the farm and they come together to plant crops in their own neighbourhood. It is a nice way to bond with people and work towards something rewarding at the end of the day. All age groups could participate. Specially the kids can get involved; play with the soil and distant themselves from the ExBoxes and PlayStations. Children of this generation should take part in such activities; they will learn to appreciate the earth. Agrihood is a lesson to learn about the land, to be patient and responsible towards growth. It will instil long term values of agriculture in our future generations. 

The NEW HOME COMPANY is a developer based in the US. They researched their potential home buyers in the area of DAVIS in California. They built their development on the lines of AGRIHOOD. The video above is a snap shot of their development. 

One of the biggest developments by the developer called INDIABULLS is a project outside Mumbai called the Golf City. The development is more than 100 acres big and is surrounded by golf courses as suggested by the name of the project. The project is expected to expand up to 300 acres of land. It is treated as a holiday home/weekend getaway home. Some years down the line it may turn into a permanent home for many. I have worked on this project for close to 3 years. In retrospect I wonder if there is land available in abundance, why couldn't we propose agrihood? If big communities are going to spring up in isolated areas, it will be imperative to have food in their own neighbourhood instead of going to a far away market to buy their produce. But as always any idea proposed needs to have a beneficial dollar value for the developer. INDIABULLS, are you listening? The ball lies in your court.