Published research · Review · 2024

Urban Farming: Potential, Challenges and Opportunities

A review of the opportunities and practical barriers shaping urban farming, from resources and crop health to skills, finance and collaboration.

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JournalInnovations in Agriculture
Year2024
DOI10.3897/ia.2024.127816

Research in context

What the paper examines.

Urban farming involves more than installing a growing system. Access to space and resources, crop health, funding, skills and institutional support all shape what growers can sustain.

This review by Universiti Malaya researchers brings together published literature and perspectives from urban farmers. It examines opportunities, challenges and the conditions that support wider adoption.

For farm and programme planners, the paper provides context for decisions around the technology. It is a review of urban farming, not a performance test of a particular HAVVA product.

HAVVA's contribution

Support stated transparently.

The paper acknowledges research funding from HAVVA Agrotech Sdn. Bhd. and a Universiti Malaya Partnership Grant.

Interpretation boundary

What this publication does not claim.

This is a review of published literature and farmer perspectives. It is not a performance test of a particular HAVVA product or a universal result for every urban farm.