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2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 1946-1955
Author(s):  
Budi Tjahjono ◽  
Kundang Karsono ◽  
Lista Meria

Agricultural land in urban areas was needed for community food security. Narrow agricultural land posed obstacles in the implementation of urban agriculture. Hydroponi is a solution for agricultureal development on narrow land. Precesion farming was needed to maintain plant growth. Hydroponic system required regulation of air and water temperature, humidity, water level, pH, water nutrient. This study used SDLC methodology. The result of this research is an automatic hydroponic implementation that can monitor and control an Internet of Things based hydroponic system using Arduino.


Author(s):  
Sarah N. Gatson ◽  
Marissa Cisneros ◽  
Robert Brown ◽  
Jacqueline A. Aitkenhead-Peterson ◽  
Yu Yvette Zhang

AbstractThe white paper first outlines the state of inequity in food security/sovereignty in our area of focus, taking into account historical context as well as emerging and ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and community and policy responses to it. We then discuss a food acquisition intervention, structured as a longitudinal, collaborative research, and service-learning effort known as Everybody Eats. The white paper provides detailed discussion of competing understandings of agriculture, horticulture, and the social problem of food insecurity; the preliminary data that has led to a current collaborative effort to enhance the skillset of people previously not understood as food producers and provisioners, but only as end-user consumers; and the new iteration of the project wherein specific sets of expertise from diverse disciplines are deployed both to offer a more robust intervention, and bring new methodologies to bear in assessing the ecology of a local foodshed. We propose mobilizing existing resources and expertise of the Land Grant/Cooperative Extension system to act as a regional hub for facilitating full community food security (caloric and nutritional adequacy) and food sovereignty (participatory decision-making regarding living spaces and culturally appropriate foodways). Finally, we illustrate how a nexus of faculty, working from a service-learning advocacy perspective and embedded in a participatory action framework, provides a mechanism for bringing together and sustaining a community of intellectually diverse researchers and stakeholders.


2021 ◽  
Vol 892 (1) ◽  
pp. 012052
Author(s):  
R Triyanti ◽  
S H Suryawati ◽  
R A Wijaya ◽  
B Wardono ◽  
R Hafsaridewi

Abstract In the current condition in the village, the community is faced with limited agricultural land and the unpromising sustainability of conventional rice businesses, so that agricultural business is less attractive to the community. The solution that can be done by the community is to build a rice-fish farming innovation village. This study aims to analyze rice-fish farming in terms of social and economic aspects and to analyze the factors that influence the success of the rice-fish farming innovation village for food security and community welfare. This research was conducted from October to December 2020 in Samberembe, Candibinangun Village, Sleman District, Special Region of Yogyakarta. The research approach used a mixed-method, with data analysis using business analysis, descriptive analysis, and prospective analysis. The results showed that an integrated rice-farming program can increase farmers’ income up to IDR 35 million per 1,000 m per year and changing the socio-technical at every phase of cultivation. The success of the rice-fish farming innovation village can be realized with the following key factors (1) a good technical irrigation system, (2) a continuous supply of superior fish seeds, (3) strengthening of rice-fish farming innovation technology, and (4) strengthening of pest eradication technology (beaver). This key factor can be considered as a national scale reference for the development of the rice-fish farming innovation village. The implication of the study is to create a superior and sustainable village that can improve community food security and local economy growth.


Author(s):  
Audrey Immel ◽  
Yona Sipos ◽  
Amber Khan ◽  
Nicole Errett

The COVID-19 pandemic has threatened food availability, accessibility, and acceptability. Food banks are experiencing increased demand at the same time as operational challenges due to COVID-19. The objective of this study was to assess if and how food banks have utilized web and social media platforms to communicate dynamic information relevant to food security to a growing clientele amid a widespread emergency. We conducted a content analysis of web and social media communications made by 25 Seattle food banks in April and May 2020, which corresponded with the two full months of Washington Governor Inslee’s initial stay-at-home order (March 25–May 31, 2020). We developed and applied a codebook to assess if communications contained information related to food availability, accessibility, and acceptability in the context of COVID-19, as well as other descriptive information, such as changes to food bank operations. Our findings show that food banks in Seattle communicated the most on web and social media platforms about food avail¬ability and accessibility, while they communicated less commonly about food acceptability. Past disasters have exposed the need to include food acceptability in disaster planning to ensure that emergency food can be equitably distributed and consumed by diverse populations. Our results suggest that food banks may wish to periodically assess the main themes of their online communications and the reach of their different platforms during the COVID-19 pandemic as one strategy to facilitate community food security.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (08) ◽  
pp. 666-682
Author(s):  
Paulette Henry

Rural women in agriculture are legitimized women as productive stakeholders through a process that documents the various roles have played in rural agriculture, the rural economy, and food security. Accounting for 43% of the world’s agricultural labor force, women are important actors in the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 2 particularly in reducing poverty especially among women, and improving food security. This quantitative study has shown that women have combined their roles in varying fields of agriculture using their income to take care of families while contributing to the economy and food security. Their contributions however are underrecognized due to the gender disparities in the investments made to their male peers in the same business. This may be due to the feminization of rural agriculture coupled with many women not having the literacies required to negotiate the demands of land or loan acquisition and the technical skills to move beyond subsistence agriculture. Notwithstanding, rural women farmers earn income that helps to guarantee the basic livelihoods of their families and contribute to community food security. However, rural women farmers also have limited financial and technical capabilities to conserve their surpluses and increase their economic well-being.  Investments by national governments must be made to rural agriculture with specific recognition towards the advancement of women farmers.


2021 ◽  
Vol 53 (7) ◽  
pp. S1
Author(s):  
Lauren D. Nolley ◽  
Hailey T. Bramley ◽  
L. Suzanne Goodell ◽  
Natalie K. Cooke

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 251-257
Author(s):  
Sartono Joko Santosa ◽  
Siswadi Siswadi ◽  
Andi Fajarwanto

Food is a basic need for humans that must be fulfilled as a basic need; food has an essential meaning and role in a nation's life. The problems faced during the Covid 19 pandemic have forced everyone to keep quiet and work from home so that everyone tries to take advantage of this free time with productive activities. One of these activities is gardening at home using household waste. To make this happen, from April to September 2020, the community service team conducted counseling and training and practices for the Amuktiwo Ngubo farmer group, Kestalan sub-district, Banjasari District, Surakarta City, Central Java. The results of the program show that the Covid 19 pandemic forces every citizen, especially partner groups, to do activities at home, which results in a lot of free time available, so gardening at home by using household waste as a planting medium is the most appropriate solution because the environment is clean and healthy. The crop yields can meet the needs of the kitchen, which results in reduced expenses. Also, if this program is implemented nationally, the goal of community food security will be achieved.


Author(s):  
Dhanu Pitoyo

This study aims to analyze that the empowerment of villagers can be obtained from the development of plantation and livestock products to increase self-reliance, there is a creative side to maintain food security for residents of Menteng Karya Village, Kapuas District, Central Kalimantan Province. The data were obtained based on the results of in-depth interviews from October to December 2020 with 5 UKM players and supported by secondary data from relevant sources. The data is processed based on the type of qualitative research. In the results of this study, it is found that SMEs have been able to develop products from their agricultural products, but encounter obstacles in the form of marketing, packaging, and licensing in the form of P-IRT and halal certification of the products they produce.  


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-88
Author(s):  
Muhammad Dandy Alif Wildana ◽  
An’im Kafabih

Abstract Food is essential for human survival, and ensuring its availability is critical. Waqf is present as one of supporting institutions that supports food security. This paper aims to see how waqf can contribute to the food security of a community. Waqf, in its sense is an Islamic philanthropic institution that focus on welfare of Muslim. As a Muslim, it is important to safeguard one’s life as stated in Maqasid As Shariah. This paper employs systematic literature review to see the contribution of waqf through syirkah (partnership) for community food security. Syirkah plays its role as a connector between waqf and food security, with farmers at its spearhead. Syirkah is chosen because it is compatible with farmer’s business and waqf may serve to their business sustainability in general, and farmer’s livelihood in particular. The ultimate goal of this concept is to achieve stability in the supply of staple food which leads to its price stability, hence staple food is available and accessible to all. Furthermore, the stability achieved will reduce the burden of government to provide staple food in times of crisis and to promote welfare and better social cohesion of a community.


Author(s):  
Saleh Azizi Fardkhales ◽  
Noa Lincoln

Community food security and food systems resili­ence have received much emphasis in the last two decades, at least partially in response to mounting challenges and pressures on the global food system. While empirical research shows strong evidence that direct-to-consumer relationships in the food system predominantly serve affluent commu­nities, during the COVID-19 pandemic local food providers have become a necessity through their provision of essential services, such as hunger relief and home deliveries for vulnerable populations. In this paper, we examine the challenges and opportunities of food hubs—innovations in local food systems that help connect small farmers with local markets—during the COVID-19 pandemic using quantitative and qualitative data from practitioners on the ground. The hubs were not necessarily equipped or experienced in the response needed, but they quickly adapted to the situation and demonstrated success during the pandemic, as illustrated by 200–300% growth in performance metrics such as revenues generated, employees retained, customers served, and farmers supported. The performance of the hubs in response to the multiple challenges accompanying the pandemic demonstrates their key role in food system resilience through features of diversity, functional redundancy, and connectivity, suggesting that disaster preparation should consider local food hubs a necessary service. We provide policy suggestions for supporting their role in local food system resilience beyond the pandemic.


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