URBAN farming is speedy altering the farming initiatives made arounds and cities the place it has really provided people monetary benefits which are compensating for these taking a vibrant enter group.
Minister within the Prime Minister’s Department (Federal Territories) Dr Zaliha Mustafa claimed the keen ardour in metropolis farming satisfies the improved want for in your space sourced and lasting downstream fruit and greens.
“It is a sustainable approach for eco-friendly food production,” she claimed after officiating Putrajaya Urban Farming and Stingless Bee Open Day (HTPBKP) 2025 at Taman Botani in Precinct 1, Putrajaya.
At the event, Dr Zaliha moreover noticed the launch of the Putrajaya Urban Agriculture Master Plan 2030, which features as a calculated overview to progressing the town farming business to maintain neighborhood monetary growth.
HTPBKP 2025 which brings the motif “Jom Bertani Komuniti Madani” will definitely get on until Sunday (Feb 2) that’s anticipated to acquire an approximated 2,000 website guests in accordance with the Madani federal authorities plan focused at growing a dynamic tradition whereas sustaining the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda recognized by the United Nations in 2016.
At Saturday’s event, it included a dynamic market providing newly selected veggies and fruits from the neighborhood ranches of Putrajaya and Kuala Lumpur, along with demos linked to metropolis ranches.
Dr Zaliha claimed the purpose of metropolis farming is to provide prospects for metropolis neighborhoods to seek out out up to date farming strategies for lasting residing, promote ecological preservation with strategies like chemical-free farming and composting cooking space waste, enhancing meals security by creating their very personal meals, and equipping neighborhood financial climates.
“HTPBKP 2025 also introduces the Laman Dapur and Laman Kelulut located at the Taman Botani as a hub for urban agriculture and stingless bee farming in Putrajaya, that specifically involves the local community,” she claimed.
Dr Zaliha claimed moreover, it advertises cooperation with tactical companions such because the Raja Zarith Sofea Foundation (YRZS), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, the Agriculture Department, Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Mardi) and the National Institutes of Biotechnology Malaysia.
“Urban farming encompasses a variety of practices, including vertical farms, hydroponics and community gardens different from traditional farming, which requires large areas of land. Urban farming maximises the use of limited urban spaces,” she claimed.
Dr Zaliha seized the day to walk to the 23 stalls and see higher than 10 duties all through the event that included the sale of quite a few downstream objects, pure vegetation and seed startings, fruits, and stingless honey from neighborhood ranches in Putrajaya and Kuala Lumpur.
At the event, 6 displays from federal authorities and private corporations showcased the hottest metropolis farming trendy applied sciences and given farming consultatory options focused at lowering neighborhood neighborhoods’ dependence on outdoors meals assets.
Among the demos of r & d objects consisted of, honey discovery filter packages, tiger milk mushrooms, freshwater fish and shellfish farming, and the manufacturing of backyard compost and stingless bee-based cosmetics, along with tree remedy consultatory options.
Other, demos entailed making ready dust mixes for rising pure bushes making use of backyard compost, pure chemical substances to discourage yard parasites, and stingless honey harvesting.
