Urban Farming Aquaculture as an Alternative Business for Food and Economic Security During the COVID-19 Pandemic – Case Study in the Sub-Urban Area of Jakarta, Indonesia

Abstract

The study of urban farming aquaculture, which was conducted in the sub-urban area of Jakarta (Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi) during 6 months from July to December 2022, is to find out the most prospective urban farming aquaculture business model for food and the economy security during the Covid 19 pandemic. The data was collected through direct survey from the field and the result from interviews with 200 respondents of fish farming groups of consumption and ornamental fish, as well as using the result from filling out the questionnaire on the Google form and secondary data from the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), The primary data was then analyze using quantitative descriptive methods and ANOVA, and the secondary data using graphs. Urban farming aquaculture can be developed to strengthen food and economic security during and after the Covid 19 pandemic. The result shows that to improve food security, Tilapia and Catfish business model of CF-3 and CF-2 of consumption fish and to improve the economy security, Manfish, Goldfish, Guppy and Siamese fighting fish Business Model of OF-1, OF-2, OF-4 and OF-5 of ornamental fish, can be applied to achieve the target. Urban farming aquaculture business in the sub-urban area of Jakarta are mainly carried out by the community with education ranging from elementary school to college. To solve the socio-economic problems of urban communities in sub-urban Jakarta, urban farming aquaculture, based on the observations result, has good prospects as an alternative business to improve food security

Processing snakehead fish as a high-protein modern healthy food product in the snakehead fish farmers' group

“…These competent HR have greatly contributed to UD Sumber Rejeki Lestari's increased productivity and the improved quality of snakehead fish produced. This outcome serves as evidence that the training provided in community service activities has successfully enhanced the productive partners' capacity and aided them in optimizing their available resources (Haryanti, H., Iskandar, I., Rizal, A., Aliah, R. S., & Sachoemar, 2023).…”

Strengthening organizational capacity to enhance the sustainability of ornamental fish community cooperatives-based in Malang

“…Ornamental fish farmer community needs solid human resources backed by infrastructure, equipment, and credit (access to modal) to face the middleman. Therefore, ornamental fish farmers' comunity development is need to to protect ornamental fish farmers in farming activities with support in the form of policies and institutions ranging from central to local (Rimmer et al, 2013;(Haryanti et al, 2023)). And community strengthening of ornamental fish requires the participation of many stakeholders, including academics (Tlusty et al, 2013;Pouil et al, 2020).…”