A REVIEW OF URBAN FARMING ACTIVITIES: TAXONOMY, CHALLENGES, RECOMMENDATIONS AND FUTURE RESEARCH

Abstract

The activities of urban farming in Southeast are still limited and dispersed. In order to give valuable insights into the urban agriculture of Southeast Asia and to support researchers, we need to know in details the available options and gaps in this research direction that will serve future researchers. Thus, this study is conducted a structured literature review to provide a coherent taxonomy and future research direction. This research focuses on the following subject matters: urban farming activities, technology application for urban farming and their use in the urban farms and smallholder farming activities in Southeast Asia. In order to review the relevant papers, three major digital databases, namely, the ScienceDirect, Web of Science, and Scopus were selected. The study selection process consists of research into literature sources, followed by three iterations of screening and filtering, excluded duplicate articles, screening the titles and abstracts and reading of the full-text articles. About 88 articles were selected which will be adopted in this study. Further, a review in details of the layout of the research landscape of literature is conducted into a cohesive classification with its descriptive analysis. We also identify the basic characteristics of this emerging field in the following aspects: benefits of using urban farming activities in Southeast Asia, challenges in relation with urban farming activites, and recommendations to improve the acceptance and use of urban farming applications.