Jurnal Kajian Bali
Vol 14 No 1 (2024): ARTICULATING IDENTITY

Farmer Perspectives on Sustainable Urban Farming Tourism: A Case Study of Bali's Subak Lestari Program

Ni Wayan Purnami Rusadi (Udayana University, Bali, Indonesia and Politeknik Nasional, Bali, Indonesi)
I Gde Pitana (Udayana University, Bali, Indonesia)
I Nyoman Sunarta (Universitas Udayana, Bali, Indonesia)
I Nyoman Sukma Arida (Universitas Udayana Bali, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
12 Apr 2024

Abstract

Bali's economic landscape, intricately interwoven with tourism, integrates cultural-urban agriculture via the Subak system. Subak is an organization owned by the farmers in Bali that specifically regulates water management. The government has selected several Subak in urban area to become dynamic agricultural centers named Subak Lestari. The research explores farmer perspectives on urban agriculture tourism and offering insights for future sustainable urban agriculture and cultural tourism. This qualitative study is involving 23 farmers of Subak Lestari management and reflecting scores in technical (4.01), socio-cultural (3.87), economic (4.29), and environmental (4.32) aspects. These assessments underscore confidence in Subak Lestari's potential to catalyze a development in tourism-centric urban agriculture. Farmers seriously support positions of Subak Lestari as a potent force in reshaping urban agriculture. The study advocates for stakeholders to foster a sustainable fusion of traditional agriculture and tourism to safeguard agricultural spaces and ensuring urban farmers existence.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

kajianbali

Publisher

Subject

Religion Arts Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

The Jurnal Kajian Bali (Journal of Bali Studies) is an area study journal that specializes in publishing research-based articles about Bali. The topics of articles about Bali that can be published are very diverse including Balinese culture, politics, music, language, architecture, literature, ...