Universiti Malaya Community Engagement Centre (UMCares)
Household Cultivation System For The Urban Community
Domestic farming gardens in the city enables integration and interaction with urban consumption, socioeconomic and ecological as well as food supply systems by the practicable use of resources. Sustainable gardening is crucial in reduction of waste directed to landfill, decreasing mixing of chemicals into stream, resources conservation as well as protection of wildlife habitat. The planning to develop a sustainable garden includes the choice of plants, environment, resources and landscape element. There is a need to have a household cultivation system for the urban community. The rainwater will be collected from the existing rainwater downpipe to water the plant This system will encourage urban communities to grow and produce their own food to meet their daily needs and reduce the cost of living.
Project information
Project Execution: 12 months
Location: Kg Kerinchi, Pantai Dalam, Kuala Lumpur
Contributions from Civil Society: RM 1,000
Numbers of Community benifited: 42 people
Stakeholders Engagement
Future Enhancement
The selected residents were very happy with the household cultivation system. It increases their interest in planting their own vegetables for their daily needs.
Area that can be enhanced is to create a rainwater harvesting channel to collect the rainwater from the rainwater downpipe. It can be considered as a sustainable concept where it can be adopted in the building design and can contribute to the rating of the green buildings. This channel will encourage every single unit of high-rise residential building to have their own rainwater harvesting system. So far the construction industry has adopted the rainwater harvesting concept in their building however the existing concept does not cattle for every single unit of houses for the high-rise residential buildings. Innovation to the existing rainwater down pipe accessories by introducing the rainwater harvesting channel. This channel will assist the residents to collect the rainwater and use it to water the plant.
Last Update: 17/05/2022