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Challenges of urban garden initiatives for food security in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Sustainable urban farming is a strategy to improve food availability and food access, and to support food security for the urban population in Malaysia. However, the development of these activities has been affected by several constraints. This article aims to identify the challenges faced by urban...

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Main Authors:	Ishak, Norziha, Abdullah, Rosazlin, Rosli, Noor Sharina Mohd, Abdul Majid, Hazreen, Halim, Nur Sa'Adah Abdul, Ariffin, Fazilah
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Published:	Sciendo 2022
Subjects:	Q Science (General) QH301 Biology R Medicine (General)
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spelling	my.um.eprints.439482024-01-27T02:41:01Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/43948/ Challenges of urban garden initiatives for food security in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Ishak, Norziha Abdullah, Rosazlin Rosli, Noor Sharina Mohd Abdul Majid, Hazreen Halim, Nur Sa'Adah Abdul Ariffin, Fazilah Q Science (General) QH301 Biology R Medicine (General) Sustainable urban farming is a strategy to improve food availability and food access, and to support food security for the urban population in Malaysia. However, the development of these activities has been affected by several constraints. This article aims to identify the challenges faced by urban farmers in Kuala Lumpur. The challenges of practicing urban gardening were categorised into five groups (technical, resource-related, economic, social and environmental factors). Data were collected via a questionnaire survey distributed to 106 urban farming practitioners from 17 urban gardens in Kuala Lumpur and were analysed using descriptive analysis by tabulating the frequency and percentage. The result showed that highly fluctuating weather, problems with access to available land and financial problems were the main challenges faced by urban farmers in Kuala Lumpur. Furthermore, difficulty in access to a financial institution, lack of commitment and the increased number of pests were also the problems faced by the urban garden. Availability of technical factors is the least issue in this study. Correlation analysis was used to determine the relationship between the challenges of urban gardens and socio-demographics. The result showed that there was a weak correlation between technical factors of educational level (r = 0.225) and race (r = 0.210), respectively, as well as between race and social factor (r = 0.201), while there was a moderate correlation between age and environment factor (r = -0.410). There is a need for further work, and comprehensive research should be conducted to capture what actions can be taken to create a policy-making space for urban farmers. © 2022 Norziha Ishak et al., published by Sciendo. Sciendo 2022 Article PeerReviewed Ishak, Norziha and Abdullah, Rosazlin and Rosli, Noor Sharina Mohd and Abdul Majid, Hazreen and Halim, Nur Sa'Adah Abdul and Ariffin, Fazilah (2022) Challenges of urban garden initiatives for food security in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Quaestiones Geographicae, 41 (4). 57 – 72. ISSN 0137-477X, DOI https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2022-0038 <https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2022-0038>. 10.2478/quageo-2022-0038
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spellingShingle	Q Science (General) QH301 Biology R Medicine (General) Ishak, Norziha Abdullah, Rosazlin Rosli, Noor Sharina Mohd Abdul Majid, Hazreen Halim, Nur Sa'Adah Abdul Ariffin, Fazilah Challenges of urban garden initiatives for food security in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
description	Sustainable urban farming is a strategy to improve food availability and food access, and to support food security for the urban population in Malaysia. However, the development of these activities has been affected by several constraints. This article aims to identify the challenges faced by urban farmers in Kuala Lumpur. The challenges of practicing urban gardening were categorised into five groups (technical, resource-related, economic, social and environmental factors). Data were collected via a questionnaire survey distributed to 106 urban farming practitioners from 17 urban gardens in Kuala Lumpur and were analysed using descriptive analysis by tabulating the frequency and percentage. The result showed that highly fluctuating weather, problems with access to available land and financial problems were the main challenges faced by urban farmers in Kuala Lumpur. Furthermore, difficulty in access to a financial institution, lack of commitment and the increased number of pests were also the problems faced by the urban garden. Availability of technical factors is the least issue in this study. Correlation analysis was used to determine the relationship between the challenges of urban gardens and socio-demographics. The result showed that there was a weak correlation between technical factors of educational level (r = 0.225) and race (r = 0.210), respectively, as well as between race and social factor (r = 0.201), while there was a moderate correlation between age and environment factor (r = -0.410). There is a need for further work, and comprehensive research should be conducted to capture what actions can be taken to create a policy-making space for urban farmers. © 2022 Norziha Ishak et al., published by Sciendo.
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author	Ishak, Norziha Abdullah, Rosazlin Rosli, Noor Sharina Mohd Abdul Majid, Hazreen Halim, Nur Sa'Adah Abdul Ariffin, Fazilah
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title	Challenges of urban garden initiatives for food security in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
title_short	Challenges of urban garden initiatives for food security in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
title_full	Challenges of urban garden initiatives for food security in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Challenges of urban garden initiatives for food security in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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