Motivations behind urban gardening

Calvet-Mir, Laura; March, Hug; Nordh, Helena; Pourias, Jeanne; Čakovská, Barbora

doi:10.4324/9781315686608-13

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“…Good relationships and support from extension agents are very important to urban farmers because they are the main reference in matters pertaining to agriculture. The findings of this study are in line with the study conducted by Calvet-Mir, March, Nordh, Pourias, and Cakovska (2016) found that significant relationship between motivations that led farmers to venture into urban gardens and the benefits they received. Ofuoku (2012) found that the frequency of extension agents contacting and visiting farmers and the availability of farmers for extension services could enhance farmers' understanding of agricultural practices to increase their agricultural productivity.…”

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The Exploration of Social Assets Condition among Urban Farmers of the Community Garden in Klang Valley, Malaysia

Zainal

M.Z

2021

International Journal of Asian Social Science

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Social assets Urban farmers Urban agriculture Community garden. Social assets have been focus of interest in considerable social science academic circles in recent years. Development of community garden is needed in order to provide a wellbeing among urban communities through utilizing their social assets in terms of togetherness and relationship concerns. It's seen as the motivational and adhesive forces for communitarian work that benefit in agriculture development in urban areas. However, previous studies that looked at social assets issues are still lacking in Malaysia especially among urban farmers. Therefore, this study explores the condition of social assets that built and utilized positively among urban farmers in Klang Valley, Malaysia. The data collected through in-depth interviews with eight urban farmers and analyzed using thematic analysis. The interviews revealed that urban farmers in Klang Valley, Malaysia has been a good social asset include family members support, extension agents relationship, participation of group members and broad of networking. The social assets provide them a motivating and gluing force for agricultural activities in terms of knowledge sharing, input and materials access, support community garden development, enhance motivations, technology transfer and adoptions, build cooperation and encourage good agricultural practice. This study recommends that empowering of social asset should be an important consideration among community members in development of urban community garden in Malaysia. Contribution/ Originality: The contribution of this study is finding that the urban community garden project should be sustainable through reinforcement of social assets. Urban farmers need to develop various networks to generate knowledge that can improve comprehension of society members and idea exchange in regards to urban agriculture empowerment.

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Section: Extension Agent's Relationshipsupporting

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The Exploration of Social Assets Condition among Urban Farmers of the Community Garden in Klang Valley, Malaysia

Zainal

M.Z

2021

International Journal of Asian Social Science

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“…In the light of our context, we understand political gardening as a wide variety of citizen-led practices pursuing social and urban transformation. We also contend that the garden typology is the expression of different motivations that are not isolated from wider societal trends (Calvet-Mir et al, 2016). The economic crisis in Europe, with direct effects in southern European countries, has opened new motivations to engage in urban gardening activities.…”

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Crisis and post-crisis urban gardening initiatives from a Southern European perspective: The case of Barcelona

Calvet-Mir

March

2017

European Urban and Regional Studies

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Throughout the 20th century, urban gardening in central and northern Europe as well as in North America has received a great deal of academic attention. However, the recent proliferation of urban gardening in other geographies, such as southern Europe in the aftermath of the economic crisis of 2007–2008, remains underexplored. The economic crisis put on hold urban developments in many southern European cities, leaving idle plots of land waiting to be urbanized. The crisis also triggered radical political demands, such as those of the Indignados, as well as fuelling narratives revolving around social entrepreneurship and social innovation. Barcelona emerges as a laboratory of urban gardening initiatives in vacant lots mobilizing either radical urban demands or embedding new post-crisis rhetoric around social entrepreneurship. Through a combination of qualitative methods, including participant observation, a literature review, semi-structured interviews, informal conversations and field diaries, we present a characterization and evolution of the three most prominent urban gardening initiatives in the city of Barcelona (including 54 gardens at the end of 2016): the Network of Municipal Gardens (municipally led gardens for retired people); the Network of Communitarian Gardens (social movements); and the Empty Plots Plan (social entrepreneurial urban gardening). Subsequently, we discuss the different meanings of gardening in crisis/post-crisis Barcelona as well as the urban politics that each initiative articulates. Our results show that urban gardens within the city are an expression of different and non-exclusive meanings that explicitly or implicitly, in a context of crisis and post-crisis, mobilize notions of political gardening.

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“…The growth of urban agriculture has contributed an array of positive social, ecological, and economic impacts to its participants and their communities (Golden, 2013; Hynes, 1996; McMillan, 2008; McVey, Nash, & Stansbie, 2018; Mendes, Balmer, Kaethler, & Rhoads, 2008). Participation in urban agriculture increases access to healthy food, food security and sovereignty, education, and physical activity (Audate, Fernandez, Cloutier, & Lebel, 2019; Calvet‐Mir, March, Nordh, Pourias, & Čakovská, 2016; Eriksen‐Hamel & Danso, 2010; Lieberherr‐Gardiol, 2008; Litt et al., 2011; Mason & Knowd, 2010). Individuals’ motivations for engaging in urban agriculture often include multiple benefits, rather than a single primary reason for participation (Kirkpatrick & Davison, 2018; Pourias, Aubry, & Duchemin, 2016).…”

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Resilience characteristics of the urban agriculture system in Lansing, Michigan: Importance of support actors in local food systems

Kirby

Goralnik

Hodbod

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Urban Agric & Regnl Food Sys

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Urban agriculture is a growing movement in cities across the United States, including the post-industrial Midwest. Maintaining a resilient local food system is a challenge given the environmental, resource, and institutional barriers facing urban farmers. In this descriptive correlational study, we take an indepth look at the demographics, farm characteristics, motivations, barriers, and resilience indicators of individuals in the urban agriculture system in Lansing, Michigan, a city of the US Midwest with a growing urban agriculture system. Survey responses (n = 92) revealed that support actors, community gardeners, and farmers have descriptive differences in their motivations, with support actors (e.g. non-profits, university extension, or municipalities) being most strongly motivated by social and environmental justice. Community gardeners reported the lowest barriers to engaging in urban agriculture. Individuals who reported stronger motivations for building community and social and environmental justice showed significant correlations to several resilience indicators, indicating that those motivations may be important to system resilience. Urban agriculture support agencies report high barriers and are most often consulted for informational and social support. These results can inform recommendations for organizations, local governments, and researchers working in midwestern urban agriculture initiatives to better assess and promote a thriving system into the future.

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Motivations behind urban gardening

Cited by 15 publications

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The Exploration of Social Assets Condition among Urban Farmers of the Community Garden in Klang Valley, Malaysia

The Exploration of Social Assets Condition among Urban Farmers of the Community Garden in Klang Valley, Malaysia

Crisis and post-crisis urban gardening initiatives from a Southern European perspective: The case of Barcelona

Resilience characteristics of the urban agriculture system in Lansing, Michigan: Importance of support actors in local food systems

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