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Urban Farming Towards Enhancing Food Security in Highly Urbanized Cities in the Philippines, A Community Sustainability Response

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Using comparative data, this study looked at small and medium-scale farming in highly urbanized cities in the Philippines, including community gardens, rooftop farms, and backyard gardens, excluding rural-like or peri-urban farming practices that focus on food production. It highlights the effects on food insecurity, daily spending, and environmental sustainability at the household level without performing life-cycle analysis of agricultural systems. The short-term and local effects of urban farming that looks into the selected cities' social and economic difficulties, and the area's sustainability were highlighted in this study.

Source: Journal of Sustainable Community Development (JSCD)

DOI: 10.32924/jscd.v6i2.128

Authors: Eunice Mareth Querol Areola, PhD HSG, Dacones Galit Dacones

Institutions: UST Angelicum College, Trinity University of Asia

Language: English

Topic: Urban Agriculture and Sustainability

Subfield: Plant Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDGs: Sustainable cities and communities, Zero hunger, No poverty

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W4409820630

FWCI: 0.511

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