Contribution of Vegetable Urban Farming on Household Food Expenditure in Yogyakarta City
Riskie Amanda Wahyu Primaningrum (a*), Irham (b), Sugiyarto (b)

a) Magister Management Agribisnis, Departement of Agricultural Socioeconomics, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
Jl. Flora, Kocoran, Caturtunggal, Kec. Depok, Kabupaten Sleman, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta 55281
*riskieamanda[at]mail.ugm.ac.id
b) Departement of Agricultural Socioeconomics, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
Jl. Flora, Kocoran, Caturtunggal, Kec. Depok, Kabupaten Sleman, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta 55281

Abstract

Urban farming activities are expected to be a solution to improve food security condition of urban people household. Vegetable urban farming has contributed to the household food expenditure. This study aims to: (1) analyze the level of household food expenditure of people who carrying out vegetable urban farming, (2) estimate the value of vegetable urban faming production, and (3) measure the contribution of vegetable urban farming on the household expenditure of urban people who carrying out vegetable urban farming. Primary data are used in this study obtained from 60 households of urban people who carrying out vegetable urban farming in the city of Yogyakarta. The method used is the share of household expenditure. The result of the analysis shown that the share of household expenditure of urban people who carrying out vegetable urban farming in Yogyakarta is 44.30% which is included in the low category. The contribution of vegetable urban farming production on the food expenditure is counted to be 1,09% which is equivalent to Rp 137.560 a year. The analysis also shown that the increase in the contribution of vegetable urban farming lead to the increase in food security of urban people.

Keywords: Vegetable Urban Farming, Contribution, Household Food Expenditure

Topic: Food and Nutrition Security