Abstract
One of urban agriculture activities in Yogyakarta City was utilizing yard through farmer groups coordinated by group‟s leader as opinion leader. This study aims to i) Describe farmer group's activities and management on utilizing urban-yard in Yogyakarta City, ii) Determine role of group's leader in utilizing urban-yard in Yogyakarta City, iii) Analyze factors related to member‟s perceptions of the role of group‟s leader in utilizing urban-yard in Yogyakarta City. There were 48 samples selected by multistage random sampling. Data were analyzed by descriptive analysis to describe activities and management of farmer groups, table analysis to determine role of group‟s leader, and rank spearman correlation analysis to analyze factors related to member‟s perceptions of role of group‟s leader. The result indicated that urban farmer group had several activities. On management, urban farmer groups didn‟t have comprehensive organizational structure and administrative records. The instructive, consultative, and participatory roles of group‟s leader can be categorized very good. Meanwhile liaison role was categorized good. Factor that had significant correlation to member‟s perceptions of the role of group‟s leader was role of agricultural extention.
Highlights
Agriculture is usually identical with rural areas because of availability of larger agricultural land, unlike in urban areas
This study aims to i) Describe farmer group's activities and management on utilizing urban-yard in Yogyakarta City, ii) Determine role of group's leader in utilizing urban-yard in Yogyakarta City, iii) Analyze factors related to member‟s perceptions of the role of group‟s leader in utilizing urban-yard in Yogyakarta City
Age is indicated in years, education in level of education, farming experience is indicated by the length of farming experience in years
Summary
Agriculture is usually identical with rural areas because of availability of larger agricultural land, unlike in urban areas. Agricultural activities are currently carried out by rural communities, and people in urban areas. One of urban agriculture activities was utilizing yard with the aim of optimizing land use. Yards that can be used for urban agricultural-based activities are unused urban land. Urban areas are identical with limited land so that yards that can be used including household yards. Urban-yards are utilized by doing cultivation of various type of plants that can be consumed, mantain food security, and increase the income [1] .There are inovations in cultivating plants in limited area such as hydroponics, verticulture, and aquaponics
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