Community Participation in the Development of Urban Farming in Yogyakarta City

The optimal yard utilization would support the family’s food independence a well-managed will provide benefits in improving family self-sufficiency, nutrition, increasing income, and making beautiful, picturesque, comfortable home environment. Efforts to build security urban areas can be carried out through on narrow land. This study aims determine members’ participation it. research was conducted Bausasran Subdistrict Yogyakarta City, employing descriptive analysis method with 40 samples of Women Farmer Groups’ members. results revealed that community activities classified as active. community’s active indicated by existence “ Kampung Sayur ”, developed establishing nursery gardens, creating group vegetable aisles, cultivating medicinal plants, horticultural crops, catfish farming. Vegetable villages good for economic empowerment if managed optimally.