Motivations for sustaining urban farming participation

Othman, Norinsan Kamil; Latip, Rabiatul Adawiyah; Ariffin, Mohd Hisham

doi:10.1504/ijarge.2019.10021353

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“…Besides, males received an opportunity to participate in a UA program. Besides, males are more socially active, play the role of the breadwinner, and are more aware of any issue (Othman et al, 2019). This study also revealed a large number of married couples (94.3%) participate in this program since the neighborhood usually consists of family and married people.…”

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Conquer the Declining of Urban Food Security: A Concatenation of Participation & Social Capital upon Economic Empowerment study in Klang Valley, Malaysia

Nazuri¹,

Ahmad²,

Rosnon³

et al. 2021

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Urban agriculture (UA) is one of the Malaysian government's initiatives to overcome food security issues by providing food or related services within or on the edges of urban areas. In relation to that, one of the ideas is to empower the local community in developing the social capital of the nation through the government UA programs. However, there is an existing gap on the effectiveness of the impact of UA towards the respective community. Hence, through this study, it will discover the factors that affect the empowerment of UA program's participants. Total of 212 respondents between the ages of 21 years old to 60 years and above from the Klang Valley region (vicinal town of Selangor and Kuala Lumpur States of Malaysia) have participated in this study. The data were collected through the survey in qualitative study and interpreted using the SPSS software. Through the analysis, it is found that the respondents have high levels in the planning program for bonding social capital, bridging social capital, and economic empowerment. In addition, the factors of linking social capital, planning, and evaluation in a program are among the significant predictors of empowerment of UA program's participants. Also, the finding of this study adds to the new point of view in complexities associated with UA among urban communities. On the other hand, it is beneficial for policy makers to utilize extension officers' role in Malaysia as a tool to increase the participation of Klang Valley urban communities to partake in Urban Agriculture project. It is recommended for more specific courses and involvement of many stakeholders to enhance urban communities' awareness and acceptance towards Urban Agriculture. Positively, this study suggests a new direction for getting more urban dwellers to be involved in innovative cultivation activities, and in the end, it would make agriculture attractive and maintain its sustainability.

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Conquer the Declining of Urban Food Security: A Concatenation of Participation & Social Capital upon Economic Empowerment study in Klang Valley, Malaysia

Nazuri¹,

Ahmad²,

Rosnon³

et al. 2021

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“…One of the primary functions of urban agriculture in developed countries is creating social interactions and recreation. According to Alderfer's ERG Theory of Motivation, social motivations are among the three reasons people need for relationships [94]. In addition, integrating urban agriculture and urban recreation can be beneficial synergies.…”

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Promoting Urban Agriculture and Its Opportunities and Challenges—A Global Review

2021

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Multifunctionality of urban agriculture can support the resolve of many urban challenges. Therefore, it is vital to understand the contribution of academic studies on urban agriculture practices as scientific information. The present study followed a systematic literature review based on the PRISMA method. Finally, 54 identified articles were analyzed. The review study mainly examined the contribution of academic literature on urban agriculture under four dimensions: the socio-economic context of the country, type of agriculture model, opportunities, and challenges. The results revealed the focus of academic literature on urban agriculture to show favoritism toward developed countries’ community gardens. Moreover, the leading academic focus on this discipline identifies multifunctionality. People’s motivations in developed countries tend to favor social, health-related, and educational benefits of urban agriculture; however, in developing countries, urban agriculture is more related to economic and ecological needs. Challenges for urban agriculture are also different among developed and developing countries. Nevertheless, existing academic studies have given comparatively less attention to identifying challenges, benefit groups of urban agriculture, and government support. Since urban agriculture is highly reliant on local factors, studying more about opportunities and challenges for urban agriculture under different socio-economic contexts and different agriculture models could be more beneficial to connect farming practices in cities with urban planning. Therefore, to make an adequate academic contribution to urban sustainability, future urban agriculture studies need to be more holistic.

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“…In a study of motivation and attitudes towards organic buying in Scotland showed that consumer buying motivation is self-interested (feeling better, safer) rather than altruistic [22]. in the study of motivations for sustaining urban farming participation in selangor malaysia showed that physical and mental health (existence motivation) and environment (relatedness motivation) became the motivation with the highest score among urban farming practitioners [23]. In studying farmer's motivation to employ sustainable production techniques in agriculture, mainstream researchers have identified that a single and unique motivation is rarely found; rather among most farmers a bundle of motivations [24].…”

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Motivation of Farmers toward Tobacco Farming in Sleman District, Sleman Regency

Indardi

Ramadianti

2021

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This study aims to determine the motivation of farmers in tobacco farming in Sleman District, Sleman Regency. The research location was chosen because people who cultivate tobacco have the highest productivity (2.4883 tons/ha) in 2019 in Sleman Regency. The tobacco farmers in Sleman District are members of the PAC Farmer Group (Branch Management) of the Indonesian Tobacco Farmers Association, Sleman District. Respondents were determined by census, namely 34 farmers. The analysis used in this research is descriptive analysis with scoring technique. This study uses ERG motivation theory. The results showed that the existence motivation indicator obtained an average score of 3.83 (including the high category), the relatedness motivation indicator obtained an average score of 3.69 (including the high category), as well as the growth motivation indicator obtained a score of 3.74. (Also included in the high category). So it can be concluded that farmers in Sleman District in tobacco farming can be said to have high motivation, both in fulfilling daily needs (existence), interacting with other people (relatedness) and in the need to develop (growth).

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Motivations for sustaining urban farming participation

Cited by 12 publications

References 16 publications

Conquer the Declining of Urban Food Security: A Concatenation of Participation & Social Capital upon Economic Empowerment study in Klang Valley, Malaysia

Conquer the Declining of Urban Food Security: A Concatenation of Participation & Social Capital upon Economic Empowerment study in Klang Valley, Malaysia

Promoting Urban Agriculture and Its Opportunities and Challenges—A Global Review

Motivation of Farmers toward Tobacco Farming in Sleman District, Sleman Regency

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