KONTAN.CO.ID – JAKARTA. Urban farming techniques are increasingly in demand during the pandemic. Restrictions on activities by the government through the PSBB policy made the majority of people spend a lot of time at home and started implementing urban farming.
This is consistent with the results of a survey conducted by MarkPlus to 110 respondents, which was dominated by 61% male with the majority age group of 25 to 44 years. The respondents of this survey are dominated by 60% of the people outside Jabodetabek.
As many as 90.1% of respondents already know about the urban farming method, which is obtained 72% from the internet, 39% colleagues, 32% from the community and 32% from television. The people’s interest in urban farming is also quite high, up to 98%, although 57% of them admit that they have not done it.
“It is recorded that 92.7% of the people who have carried out urban farming will continue to carry out this activity even after the pandemic ends,” said Senior Business Analyst MarkPlus, Inc. Dini Bonafitiria in The 2nd MarkPlus Government Roundtable: Economic Recovery in the Agricultural Sector on Monday (19/10) via online.
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Despite facing challenges in terms of facilities, availability of time and costs, 98.2% of respondents agreed that the prospect of urban farming could support agricultural activities. As for 76.9% of respondents assessed that urban farming can encourage food security, 75.9% is environmentally friendly, and 63.9% increases economic income so that it becomes a new opportunity for people who want to do business during a pandemic.
Therefore, the government is expected to be able to see the high enthusiasm of the community by facilitating community activities in farming.
From a scale of 1 to 4, the respondent’s assessment of government support for urban farming activities is 2.21 with priority aspects from the government that are expected to be 43.6% of facilities and infrastructure, 28.2% of financing, and 16.4% of information availability. . “For example, the complete hydroponic package, which is expected to be supported by the public and private business actors,” concluded Bona.
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