Community Participation in the Development of Urban Farming in Yogyakarta City

¹ Program of Extension and Development Communication, School of Post Graduate Studies, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
² Department of Agribusiness, Agriculture Faculty, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

^* Corresponding author: retno.wulandari@umy.ac.id

Abstract

The optimal yard utilization would support the family’s food independence a well-managed yard will provide benefits in improving family food self-sufficiency, nutrition, increasing family income, and making a beautiful, picturesque, and comfortable home environment. Efforts to build family food security in urban areas can be carried out through yard utilization on a narrow land. This study aims to determine the urban yard utilization and the members’ participation in it. The research was conducted in Bausasran Subdistrict in Yogyakarta City, employing a descriptive analysis method with 40 samples of Women Farmer Groups’ members. The research results revealed that community participation in urban yard utilization activities was classified as active. The community’s active participation was indicated by the existence of “Kampung Sayur Bausasran”, developed by establishing nursery gardens, creating group gardens, making vegetable aisles, cultivating medicinal plants, cultivating horticultural crops, and catfish farming. Vegetable villages can provide good results for community economic empowerment if managed optimally.