| Community urban farming has significant potential to improve food security, promote environmental sustainability and empower local communities. |
| Community urban farming has significant potential to improve food security, promote environmental sustainability and empower local communities. However, challenges remain when it comes to maximising the capacity of urban farms to make farming practices economically viable and sustainable. In this study, these challenges were explored through in-depth interviews with urban farmers in Malaysia through several case studies. The thematic analysis identifies five key challenges of urban farming namely financial, human capital, environmental, institutional and psychosocial challenges, each with specific details. Identifying these specific details provide greater policy insights. A targeted support system to address these issues can actively promote urban farming initiatives that benefit urban farmers, improve urban farming (UF) practices and increase urban food production. |
