Evaluating urban agriculture program effectiveness using CIPP model: a review

Munifah Siti Amira Yusuf,Amar Maruf,Ismi Arif Ismail,Norsida Man,Nur Bahiah Mohamed Haris,Rubiyo Rubiyo,C Indrawanto

doi:10.1051/e3sconf/202130603007

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Abstract

The art of planting, preparing, and distributing food around urban areas is known as urban agriculture, farming, or gardening. Individuals and organizations generally work in urban agriculture for general purposes: 1) enhancing their own health and economic circumstances; 2) improving their communities’ access to nutritious food; 3) enhancing their community wellbeing; and 4) developing a community and ecosystem. The Urban Agriculture Program (UAP) has been set up by the Department of Agriculture (DOA) Malaysia since 2014 to facilitate and transfer information regarding urban farming practices to the community. However, the program was less effective and had a low success rate due to the local community's minimal participation, slow development, and sustainability of the agriculture community gardens. This article primarily examines the UAP implementation based on the four components of the CIPP Evaluation Model: Context, Input, Process, and Product. The UAP is a sustainable development tool that can provide food or related services within or on the edges of urban areas. Malaysia addresses food security by providing urban dwellers with adequate nutritious, safe, acceptable, and cost-effective food. Therefore, the study is relevant as achieving food security and nutrition that has been set in the urban agriculture program outcome by 2025.

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Urban Agriculture (UA), in particular, can significantly contribute to greening cities and enhancing urban climate, as well as promoting the reuse of urban organic waste and lowering the urban energy footprint [1]
The study is relevant as achieving food security and nutrition that has been set in the urban agriculture program outcome by 2025
In line with the significance of an evaluation for agricultural extension programs and the importance of urban agriculture in Malaysia, this study aimed to evaluate the program for urban agriculture based on the CIPP Model, and develop and apply an appropriate and realistic Urban Agriculture Program (UAP) model to assess the efficiency of agricultural programs in extension units

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Introduction

Urban Agriculture (UA), in particular, can significantly contribute to greening cities and enhancing urban climate, as well as promoting the reuse of urban organic waste and lowering the urban energy footprint [1]. These facts stresses the need for Malaysian urban authorities to give city dwellers more acceptable recognition and contribution, and enable them to extend their use of urban agriculture. The Malaysian Government has fully supported this effort, having recognized the importance of UA by the formation of Malaysia's UA Division in 2010 The formation of this division primarily aims to promote the agriculture of the urban community for its wellbeing. This program is intrinsically a campaign program, was initiated in 1974 which known as Green Book Project and Green Earth Campaign in 2006

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