Farming as a means to achieve future sustainability in rural and urban areas
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2018-09-19
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en
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This master thesis sheds light on different ways of how residents in Jakarta, Bogor and Cianjur, Indonesia, experience empowerment that is related to their farming practices and contribution to local developments, with an increasing relevance for the internet. Farming has become a means to achieve improved living conditions such as food security, economic improvement, an improved societal position or a healthy environment.
Present study shows that farming practices in both urban and rural domains are converging, as an increasing number of people shares information online in order to develop their knowledge and skills. This knowledge transfer leads to a particular continuity of the concept of farming, being applied in different ways in different settings by people with different intentions. Therefore, the practice slowly becomes a social structure in urban areas where an increasing share of residents decides to engage in farming. It already comes in more efficient and economically beneficial forms that require less effort, space or capital and bring about improved living conditions more easily. The research also shows that future sustainability is sooner to be achieved when more and more people see the benefits of own food production, not only for themselves but for the environment and the human race in general as well.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen