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Challenges of Small Ruminants Production in Selected Urban Communities in Agriculture, which entails land cultivation for crop production and rearing of farm animals for man and industrial use, is traditionally carried out in the rural areas. The trend of crop and livestock production has however shifted to urban communities where a number of people cultivate land for crop production, mostly arable crops, and rearing of farm animals. As observed in rural communities, commonly raised farm animals in urban areas, particularly in Salem communities include sheep, goat, poultry, pig, rabbits and fishes. to describe the socioeconomic characteristics of urban sheep and goat rearers, examine the number of sheep and goats owned by each of the rearers, To identify the employed production system of sheep and goat management by the rearers, This study based on primary data sources. This study covered 42 respondents those are get to challenges of small ruminant’s production from in Salem district. The data was collected by using a structured questionnaire blended with suitable open enter question. Some statistical tools are used like percentage, table also used. Based on the outcome of this study, it was concluded that management of sheep and goats in urban communities of Salem, Tamilnadu State is greatly challenged by a number of factors which could be categorized as feed and feeding, health, environmental, marketing and routine management related challenges.