Renowned Agricultural scientist, Dr. Rattan Lal in one of his talks, talked about how South Asia is considered as one of the hot spots of food insecurity asreported by various studies. It has also been reported that 57% or more of South Asian population cannot afford healthy diets. With an ever increasingpopulation, the burden of food insecurity is rising every day, especially with the cities brimming with packed spaces. There is a dire need to adopt moreresilient food systems, improve urban food supply chains, promote home gardening and urban agriculture. Urban home gardens offer a bettermicroenvironment around the home besides providing healthy vegetables for home consumption. They can be grown by effectively utilizing limited spaces.