Urban Farming Communities Research Articles

Analysis Of City Government And Farming Community Partnership In Food Security Policy: Urban Farming Program

The urban farming program is the city government policy to overcome the food security problem for the community's welfare. The study aims to discuss the partnership between the city government and the urban farming community in an urban farming program. It utilizes agricultural land and urban garden as the place for urban agroecological transformation as part of urban food security policy through the partnership capacity theoretical approach from Mathers, et al. This analytic descriptive study uses the case survey method, and data collection is obtained from the unstructured in-depth interview, focus group discussion, and observation in Jeruk urban village in Lakarsantri district in Surabaya. The findings show the success of the partnership between the department of food security and agriculture in Surabaya and Sri Sedono farmer group in the management of the integrated agricultural center. Urban farming program is influenced by mutual consensus which is beneficial to increase crop productivity. However, the result also indicates that the skill base factor is not optimal because of the limited personnel in PPL. Furthermore, the farmers are concerned about adopting new plant varieties. We suggest that the urban farming program can be sustainable and needs to increase the number of personnel in PPL. In addition, it is necessary to increase the entrepreneurial spirit of farmers so that they have innovation values to adopt new crop varieties, and the discipline through the increase of intensity assistance from PPL towards independent, skilled, and professional farmers.

Determination of selected phenolic compounds from Malaysian urban farming community

Urban farming in communities especially around the city has been highlighted by the Malaysia government under Under National Physical Plan Policy in order to promote food sovereignty by citizens. It is also a crucial strategy to support the agenda for national food security. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the scientific information on major phenolic compounds which include quercetin, protocatechuic acid, and gallic acid from existing vegetables in Malaysian urban farming communities. The collected vegetables consist of leafy and non-leafy types. The detection of the phenolic compounds was carried out using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography. Standard phenolic compounds were used as reference material to determine their content in the samples using the calibration curve method. Based on the data obtained, mostly all the collected vegetables from urban farming communities consist of the targeted major phenolic compounds. Leaf mustard possesses the highest content of quercetin, protocatechuic acid, and gallic acid recorded at values of 20.32, 19.60, and 78.23 µg/g, respectively compared to others. Pak choi possess the second highest content of quercetin with the value of 20.13 µg/g, while okra for total phenolic acids with value of 43.10 µg/g. Overall, from the data, it is suggested that leaf mustard could be an important vegetable to be planted under urban farming besides other types of vegetables.

Pemanfaatan Teknologi Sel Surya untuk Optimalisasi Budidaya Ikan Lele Berbasis Sistem Biofloc-Aquaponic

Gadingkasri Village is one of the villages located in the Klojen District of Malang City which is located in the downtown area of Malang. The location of the village surrounded by a business center and several universities makes this village very strategic because it is a densely populated residential area with a combination of residential communities and students as boarding house residents. With this condition, Gadingkasri Village has considerable economic zone potential for its people. Gadingkasri Village, especially residents in RW. 3, there is a community of PKK mothers who are members of the Urban Farming Group who have a vision to green residential areas by gardening around settlements. One of the potentials that can be developed is to develop community activities in the Urban Farming community towards optimizing energy and increasing residents' income by raising catfish. The community service program through funding from the State University of Malang aims to maximize the existing potential through the use of appropriate technology. The method used in this service is a method of empowering catfish farming by utilizing appropriate technology engineering for sustainable alternative energy. The activities that have been carried out are in the form of mentoring, designing, installing aquaponic systems, and biofloc pools, and solar panels which will be alternative energy in supplying aquaponic pump electrical systems and biofloc ponds. The results of this service activity are expected to be an alternative energy source solution that can be used independently by RW residents. 3 Gadingkasri village. The empowerment of catfish with a biofloc system is also expected to be able to increase the economic income of residents

Strategi dan Model Komunikasi Lingkungan Komunitas Makassar Berkebun Dalam Memperkenalkan Konsep Urban Agriculture Di Kota Makassar Sulawesi - Selatan

This article discusses how Makassar Berkebun, an urban farming community in Makassar Sulawesi-Selatan, communicates its environmental message through the qualitative analysis of environmental communication strategies dan models in Introducing the Concept of Urban Agriculture. This article also discusses how the communication strategies used contributed to increasing knowledge, understanding, and community participation in Urban Agriculture and plantation activities in Makassar City. This research is qualitative research that obtained the data from interviews and literature research delivered descriptively. The approach used is the Environmental Communication Science approach and the concept of Urban Agriculture. The results of this research show that there are four types of communication strategies applied by Makassar Berkebun Community to realize the vision and mission of the community, namely; Socialization, Campaign, Education, and Training. This research also shows that the communication model used to analyze the communication strategy applied by Makassar Berkebun Community is a mechanistic and interactional communication model, namely the communication model of David K Berlo (1960) and the communication model of Schramm (1954).Keywords: environmental communication, urban agriculture, Makassar Berkebun Community

The Use of Bamboo Material as a Support Product Display for Urban Farming Communities in Tourism Village

‘Saung Bambu’ or Bamboo huts can be utilized as a unique display space facility for additional MSMEs’ product values. This paper discusses the optimal design concept to display featured products from urban farming local communities. The study case of local bamboo material as a display of the urban farming environment in Cibarani village also examined some values that can be highlighted through specific research stages (literature study, online observation, and online interviews) and design stages (design concept and final implementation). The result shows that the use of bamboo material in supporting product display can impact tourist attractions in Cibarani village which also enhances the economic value itself. The conclusion states that the use of bamboo as a marketing strategy indicates a positive value for social, economic, and environmental sustainability.

Introduction of Integrated Pest Management Practices in Urban Farming in Mataram City During the Covid-19 Pandemic

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has encouraged people to adopt a healthier lifestyle and at the same time carry out a number of environmentally friendly activities such as urban farming. Besides helping to guarantee the food security aspect of urban areas, urban farming also helps create green open spaces. Even so, urban farming also has a negative impact, if it is carried out with a system that is not wise and effective, such as it can cause increased noise pollution, air pollution, flooding, water wastage, and even potential as a breeding ground for mosquitoes that transmit various diseases. Therefore, it is necessary to educate the public about various aspects needed in the implementation of urban farming, one of which is how to implement Integrated Pest Management (Known as PHT). The method used in this activity is the Action Research Method by applying the Participatory Action Program approach from the participants through discussion, and group work in all activities. The results of group discussions at KWT Bunga Matahari, and other urban farming groups in Kekalek and in Ampenan show that the majority of urban farming communities are very interested in developing various types of fresh vegetables and fruit in their yards as part of the Department of Sustainable Food Home Areas (KRPL) program. Food Security of the Province of NTB and the City of Mataram. Group discussions also revealed that group members became more active during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially during WFH in the early days of the pandemic. They feel the benefits of farming activities in the yard because it really helps meet the family's food needs, especially fresh vegetables. However, most of the target group members are still not familiar with environmentally friendly cultivation techniques, especially in terms of integrated pest management. Although in fact, they are not aware that there are several activities that include PHT, such as monitoring, planting ornamental plants (refugia) around vegetable crops, and mechanical control by directly killing pests that attack their plants

STRATEGI PENINGKATAN MUTU PERTANIAN PERKOTAAN UNTUK KETAHANAN PANGAN DI PROVINSI BALI

Food is a basic human need therefore food security has always been an interesting topic. However, realizing food security is often faced with many challenges. The agricultural sector and the tourism sector are very important for the Balinese economy, but since the Covid-19 pandemic the tourism sector has decreased. As a result of the decline in the tourism sector, many workers in the tourism sector have turned to the agricultural sector by cultivating fields or just using their yards. More and more people are interested in trying urban farming. However, there are many obstacles faced by urban farming, such as the absence of regulations on urban farming, and the absence of an institution that protect urban farming communities in the Bali region, and effective marketing methods. This research was conducted by literature study method. Agriculture is a very risky sector, so government support is needed

The Application of TURIMAN JAGOLE Technological Innovation to Increase Crop Index and Urban Farmer Income in DKI Jakarta

The study aims to determine the effect of applying for intercropping food crops (rice, corn, and soybeans = jagole) on the cropping index and income of urban farming community activists. This study was conducted by comparing the use of six models of growing food crops, namely three kinds of monoculture model of jagole, upland rice-soybean, sweet corn-soybean, and sweet corn-upland rice polyculture/ “Turiman”. Observational data includes data on land characteristics, annual cropping patterns in related locations, and input-output data of the test models. Corn and soybeans are harvested young. Data were processed using descriptive analysis and the economic feasibility analysis of the tested technology was based on the R/C ratio. Based on data, it is known that there is potential to increase the cropping index of dry or limited land in the Jakarta area, from 1-2 to 2-3 a year by optimizing planting through intercropping systems/ food crop Turiman. such as corn-upland rice-soybean. The results of the analysis showed that the soybean monoculture technology model, with yields of young soybeans, gave a higher profit (R/C 2.58), compared to the other models, namely sweet corn monoculture, upland rice monoculture, upland rice-sweet corn polyculture, soybean-sweet corn polyculture, soybean-upland rice polyculture, and (R/C respectively: 0.24, 0.54, 0.17, 1.25, and 1.71).

Green city based industry 4.0 through Smart Urban Farming through IoT (SUFI) in Surabaya, Indonesia

Major cities of the world have realized the importance of developing green-minded cities as part of dealing with global climate change. The concept of urban farming as one of the offer solutions that comes with a method of agricultural activities in the city by utilizing limited areas, such as the Surabaya area. as a busy city and a dense road traffic activity is one of the challenges of the Surabaya region in developing green space based on Regional Regulation number 7 of 2002 concerning the management of green open spaces. On the other hand, the development of information and communication technology has stepped in the industrial era 4.0, one of which is the presence of Internet of Things (IoT) technology based on Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) protocol. The method used in this paper is descriptive qualitative and experimental-based product development. The focus area of the analysis is the implementation of Regional Regulation 7/2002 and its implementation in the field, while the proposed product development is monitoring environmental parameters such as plant temperature, ambient humidity, soil moisture level and light intensity processed for automation control of urban agricultural irrigation. The results show that the Surabaya city government has consistently implemented the local regulation through various activities and is supported by all components of Surabaya residents, while the IoT-based product development shows that this technology can be applied and accepted by the Surabaya urban farming community.

The Role of Social Capital of the Urban Farming Community in the Development of Horticulture in Makassar (Case Study: Women's Group Dewi Sari Lorong Garden, Tamalanrea District)

Social capital is one of the conditions that must be met in the development process. Weak social capital will reduce the spirit of mutual cooperation, exacerbate poverty, increase unemployment and crime and can hinder any efforts to improve social welfare. This research uses a combination method or better known as a mixed method, which is a combination of qualitative research and quantitative research. The results of the study illustrate that in the hallway garden community, the potential for social capital is relatively high as seen through the elements of social capital, trust, institutions and networks. This can be seen in the daily life of the community, such as mutual trust in the harmonious neighbors, kinship, helping nature, mutual help, social solidarity, being cooperative, and all of these appear in the collective behavior of the community in the form of urban farming activities.

Empowerment of Urban Farming Community to Improve Food Security in Gresik

The purpose of this study is to determine the role of urban farming community empowerment to improve food security (A case study of RT 02 and RT 03 Awikoen village, Gending-Gresik Urban Village). The method of analyzing data in this study uses Structural Equation Modeling Parial Least Square (SEM-PLS) using Smart PLS 3 application. The results of this study shows that the variable empowerment of urban farming community members had a real influence to improve food security in Gending urban village, Gresik Regency.

Urban Farming Community Space: an Idea to Overcome the Decreasing of Agricultural Land in Kitakyushu, Japan

Japan faces many social and environmental problems especially population aging, social communication degradation and decreasing of agricultural land. Kitakyushu city is one big city in Japan, which the old people take 30% in population, while younger people are moving to the big cities for working and other desires. it is common that Japanese people is less and less communicate with other people and tend to curl up in their personal space due to the modern stressful life. Besides, a big ratio of Japanese farmers recently did not do the farm work anymore, leading to a considerable abandoned agricultural land. So, there should be done to improve the lives of older people, heal social communication, or revive the barren land. The designing site is placed in Hibikino area, Kitakyushu city, Japan, a farmland area operated by Japan Agriculture Association where citizens can hire some slots to plant vegetables themselves. However, this placed does work effectively when only a few people come to hire the land. This research method is a descriptive study aimed to obtain qualitative data. The purpose of this study was to create a design idea the agricultural community space where parents can work and communicate with children, customers, and strangers with three targets of sustainable environmental, social, and economic. And then, this system not only helps to create the green lifestyle for inhabitant but also improves social communication, reducing CO2 emission with it sustainable working process.

Green business opportunity of coffee ground waste through reverse logistics

The aim of this research is to explore the possibility to utilise coffee grounds produced by coffee shops, using green concept and reverse logistics. Exploratory case study approach is considered as the method for this purpose. Data were collected by interviewing people who manage coffee shops and community of urban farmer in Surabaya. This research concludes that a coffee shop cannot recycle their own coffee grounds because the amount of coffee grounds of a coffee shop is not much and there is no time or no human resources to manage recycling. Third parties need to recycle coffee grounds into valuable and environmentally-friendly products (such as coffee ground fertiliser). The result of this study is a green business opportunity model of recycling process of coffee grounds produced by coffee shops in order to become fertiliser, which is eventually consumed by the urban farming community in Surabaya.

Peri-urban agriculture, social inclusion of migrant population and Right to the City

Two main questions are addressed in this paper, namely: to what extent can urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) contribute to the social inclusion of migrants? And does UPA practised by urban farmers of foreign origin contribute to the expansion of biodiversity in cities? A comparative analysis of current peri-urban agriculture practices in Lisbon and London was carried out in allotment gardens and other spaces far from the centre in and on the edges of these capital cities. In both cases, a significant proportion of the migrant population is involved in two different frameworks: regulated in London and non-regulated in Lisbon. The paper concludes that patterns of social inclusion are quite city specific: urban farming communities from the Cape Verde islands maintain and strengthen community bonds through their activity but this does not necessary lead to better social integration within the wider Portuguese society. In London, migrants of foreign origin become part of an integrated communitarism on an individual basis. Concerning the contribution of peri-urban agriculture to biodiversity, evidence gathered strongly suggests that urban farmers of foreign origin do contribute to broadening biodiversity primarily in Lisbon and to a lesser extent in London. Final observations note to what extent these urban practices contribute to the Right to the City and thus if they are, more broadly, of an emancipatory and transformative nature.

Microscopic diagnosis of sodium acetate-acetic acid-formalin-fixed stool samples for helminths and intestinal protozoa: a comparison among European reference laboratories

The present study aimed to compare the diagnostic performance of different European reference laboratories in diagnosing helminths and intestinal protozoa, using an ether-concentration method applied to sodium acetate-acetic acid-formalin (SAF)-preserved faecal samples. In total, 102 stool specimens were analysed during a cross-sectional parasitological survey in urban farming communities in Cô te d'Ivoire. Five SAF-preserved faecal samples were prepared from each specimen and forwarded to the participating reference laboratories, processed and examined under a microscope adhering to a standard operating procedure (SOP). Schistosoma mansoni (cumulative prevalence: 51.0%) and hookworm (cumulative prevalence: 39.2%) were the predominant helminths. There was excellent agreement (κ > 0.8; p < 0.001) among the reference laboratories for the diagnosis of S. mansoni, hookworm, Trichuris trichiura and Ascaris lumbricoides. Moderate agreement (κ = 0.54) was found for Hymenolepis nana, and lesser agreement was observed for other, less prevalent helminths. The predominant intestinal protozoa were Entamoeba coli (median prevalence: 67.6%), Blastocystis hominis (median prevalence: 55.9%) and Entamoeba histolytica/Entamoeba dispar (median prevalence: 47.1%). Substantial agreement among reference laboratories was found for E. coli (κ = 0.69), but only fair or moderate agreement was found for other Entamoeba species, Giardia intestinalis and Chilomastix mesnili. There was only poor agreement for B. hominis, Isospora belli and Trichomonas intestinalis. In conclusion, although common helminths were reliably diagnosed by European reference laboratories, there was only moderate agreement between centres for pathogenic intestinal protozoa. Continued external quality assessment and the establishment of a formal network of reference laboratories is necessary to further enhance both accuracy and uniformity in parasite diagnosis.

Risk factors for Schistosoma mansoni and hookworm in urban farming communities in western Côte d'Ivoire

To identify risk factors for Schistosoma mansoni and hookworm infections in urban farming communities, and to investigate small-scale spatial patterns of infection prevalence. A cross-sectional survey was carried out in 113 farming households (586 individuals) and 21 non-farming households (130 individuals) from six agricultural zones in the town of Man, western Côte d'Ivoire. Heads of households were interviewed on common agricultural activities, land and water use, education attainment, socioeconomic status and sanitation facilities. Household members provided stool specimens that were processed by the Kato-Katz technique and a formol-ether concentration method and diagnosed for S. mansoni, hookworms and other soil-transmitted helminths and intestinal protozoa. Bayesian statistics were employed for spatial analyses. The prevalences of S. mansoni and hookworm in farming households were 51.4% and 24.7%, respectively. Risk factors for a S. mansoni infection comprised living in close proximity to the Kô River, water contact with irrigation wells and ponds and low education attainment. Living in zones of smallholder irrigated rice plots or large rice perimeters, using water from domestic wells, and low socioeconomic status were risk factors for a hookworm infection. We found significant spatial heterogeneity between agricultural zones, with the highest infection prevalences of S. mansoni and hookworm in the zone where there was a large rice perimeter. In this urban setting, both S. mansoni and hookworm infections were related to specific agricultural activities. Health education and active participation of urban farmers for the control of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis is recommended.

URBAN FARMING AND MALARIA RISK FACTORS IN A MEDIUM-SIZED TOWN IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE

Urbanization occurs at a rapid pace across Africa and Asia and affects people's health and well-being. A typical feature in urban settings of Africa is the maintenance of traditional livelihoods, including agriculture. The purpose of this study was to investigate malaria risk factors in urban farming communities in a medium-sized town in Côte d'Ivoire. Two cross-sectional surveys were carried out among 112 households from six agricultural zones. First, the heads of households were interviewed on agricultural land use, farming practices, water storage, sanitation facilities, and socioeconomic status. Second, a finger prick blood sample was taken from all household members and examined for the occurrence and density of Plasmodia. Geographic coordinates of houses, farming plots, and potential mosquito breeding sites were recorded and integrated into a geographic information system. Predictors of Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia were assessed using non-random and random effects Bayesian regression models. The overall prevalence of P. falciparum was 32.1%. In children < 15 years of age, risk factors for a P. falciparum infection included living in a specific agricultural zone, close proximity to permanent ponds and fish ponds, periodic stays overnight in temporary farm huts, and low socioeconomic status. Our findings indicate that specific crop systems and specific agricultural practices may increase the risk of malaria in urban settings of tropical Africa.