ANALISIS AKSESIBILITAS PETANI PERKOTAAN TERHADAP AGROINPUT DAN IMPLIKASINYA TERHADAP PENGEMBANGAN URBAN FARMING

Abstract

Urban Farming is growing rapidly and becoming as a part of the solution for food insecurity
and malnutrition problems of urban citizen. But, the facilitation and development of urban
farming have not been able to overcome problems and pressure faced by urban farmers mainly
accessibility to agroinput yet. Objectives of this research were to 1) identify the problems of
agroinput, 2) to know accessibility of farmer to agroinput, 3) to analyze the policy implication
to the development of urban farming. The research used an explanatory survey method.
Sampling method used waspurposive stratified random sampling. Availability of agroinput and
farmer’s accessibility were quantified using Likert’s Scale. Respondents were member of
farmer’s group of paddy agribusiness, sheep, and processing of agriculture products. This
research was conducted in the villages of Situ Gede and Margajaya for intra-urban, and Pasir
Buncir and Pasir Eurih of Tamansari for peri-urban.The observed variables are land, water,
seeds/seedlings, fertilizers, pesticides, technologyas well as labor.Results of the study:1)
agroinput that are difficult to access by farmers are land, labor, feed concentrate, fertilizer, and
seed.Paddy land ownership in peri-urban is less than 0.2 Ha and in intra-urban areas are landless
farmers. Outside labor is difficult to access because of itslimited amount or availibility and the
wages is relatively expensive. Feed concentrate for sheep rarely available and not affordable
because it’s expensive. Limited accessibility to agroinput for urban agribusiness and its
problems and challenge will bring changing policy implication for developing urban farming,
mainly for facilitation, development of urban agribusiness model, empowering institusional, and
regulatory.