Perception of community residents on supporting urban agriculture in Malaysian city : case study at Bukit Mertajam

The purpose of this study is to identify the concept of urban agriculture in the residential environment of a community by taking the Taman Desa Damai community of Bukit Mertajam City, Penang State, Malaysia as the sample. This study conducted in-depth interviews and observations with 15 communi...

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Main Authors: Pushpawani Ramaloo, Liong, Choong-Yeun, Chamhuri Siwar, Anizan Isahak
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
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author Pushpawani Ramaloo,
Liong, Choong-Yeun
Chamhuri Siwar,
Anizan Isahak,
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Liong, Choong-Yeun
Chamhuri Siwar,
Anizan Isahak,
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description The purpose of this study is to identify the concept of urban agriculture in the residential environment of a community by taking the Taman Desa Damai community of Bukit Mertajam City, Penang State, Malaysia as the sample. This study conducted in-depth interviews and observations with 15 community residents to explore the influences of setting up urban agriculture with respect to three aspects of community residents benefits at the social, economics and environmental levels, and followed by about future farm environmental effect, key stakeholders and the challenges. The results indicate that community farming has become significant in realizing the full potential of the residential community and facing obstacles to be sustained in the long term. We recommend stakeholders to support in terms of finance so that community farming has more access to technical facilities and achieve household food self-sufficiency, food availability and food security, diversity of diet and contribute immensely to urban household’s livelihoods. It is hoped that this work will be a useful reference in promoting more urban community participation in community urban agriculture in order to achieve sustainable urban environment.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:204022022-11-07T07:33:23Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20402/ Perception of community residents on supporting urban agriculture in Malaysian city : case study at Bukit Mertajam Pushpawani Ramaloo, Liong, Choong-Yeun Chamhuri Siwar, Anizan Isahak, The purpose of this study is to identify the concept of urban agriculture in the residential environment of a community by taking the Taman Desa Damai community of Bukit Mertajam City, Penang State, Malaysia as the sample. This study conducted in-depth interviews and observations with 15 community residents to explore the influences of setting up urban agriculture with respect to three aspects of community residents benefits at the social, economics and environmental levels, and followed by about future farm environmental effect, key stakeholders and the challenges. The results indicate that community farming has become significant in realizing the full potential of the residential community and facing obstacles to be sustained in the long term. We recommend stakeholders to support in terms of finance so that community farming has more access to technical facilities and achieve household food self-sufficiency, food availability and food security, diversity of diet and contribute immensely to urban household’s livelihoods. It is hoped that this work will be a useful reference in promoting more urban community participation in community urban agriculture in order to achieve sustainable urban environment. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20402/1/28139-102251-1-PB.pdf Pushpawani Ramaloo, and Liong, Choong-Yeun and Chamhuri Siwar, and Anizan Isahak, (2018) Perception of community residents on supporting urban agriculture in Malaysian city : case study at Bukit Mertajam. Jurnal Pengurusan, 53 . pp. 83-91. ISSN 0127-2713 https://ejournal.ukm.my/pengurusan/issue/view/1131
spellingShingle Pushpawani Ramaloo,
Liong, Choong-Yeun
Chamhuri Siwar,
Anizan Isahak,
Perception of community residents on supporting urban agriculture in Malaysian city : case study at Bukit Mertajam
title Perception of community residents on supporting urban agriculture in Malaysian city : case study at Bukit Mertajam
title_full Perception of community residents on supporting urban agriculture in Malaysian city : case study at Bukit Mertajam
title_fullStr Perception of community residents on supporting urban agriculture in Malaysian city : case study at Bukit Mertajam
title_full_unstemmed Perception of community residents on supporting urban agriculture in Malaysian city : case study at Bukit Mertajam
title_short Perception of community residents on supporting urban agriculture in Malaysian city : case study at Bukit Mertajam
title_sort perception of community residents on supporting urban agriculture in malaysian city : case study at bukit mertajam
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20402/
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http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20402/1/28139-102251-1-PB.pdf