Planning and Food Sovereignty in Conflict Cities

Figures & data

Figure 1. Location of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.

Table 1 Respondent characteristics.

Farm family characteristics (n = 40)
Average household size (n = 38)	6.07
Sources of livelihood (n = 39)
Farming (exclusively)	6
Supplementary occupations	24 (examples: artisan/handicraft (pashmina, needlework), vegetable vending, operating neighborhood store, butcher, plumber, electrician, mason, handyman, day labor, bus driver, government employee and retiree, contractor, doctor)
Not available	9
Primary respondent characteristics (n = 40)
Age (n = 31)	50.52 years
Sex (n = 40)
Male	33 (21 accompanied by spouses in farming)
Female	7 (6 accompanied by spouses in farming)
Farming experience (n = 35)	29.90 years
Education (n = 32)	No. (%)
No formal schooling	10 (30.2)
Primary school	2 (4.7)
Grade 8	3 (7.0)
Grade 10	2 (4.7)
Grade 12	4 (7.0)
College and higher	1 (2.3)

Table 2 Possibilities for planning in conflict cities.

Domain	Strategy
Education	Reform planning curricula to explicitly address the politics of planning
Research	Increase research on food experiences in cities in crisis
Practice	Use planning tools to protect smallholder farmland and farming; use plans to serve as a public (not state) memory
Policy advocacy	Advocate for halting land dispossession and land grabs at local, national, and global levels