The Potential of Urban Agriculture Development in Jakarta

AbstractOne of the contemporary major problems is food security. In urban areas, particularly related to urbanization in developing countries, this problem has a clear impact to underprivileged inhabitants. Urban agriculture could be potentially re-raised as one of the answers. This study described urban agriculture development in Jakarta. The objective of this study was to identify potentials of urban agriculture development in Jakarta. Institutional perspective was used to observe the possibility, with comparison to Havana (Cuba) and Accra (Ghana). This study concluded that development of urban agriculture in Jakarta required legal support of cross sectoral stakeholders