Urban Farming RPTRA Melati 04 Try Suppress Stunting
Reported by Budhi Firmansyah Surapati | Translated by
The caretaker of RPTRA Melati 04 of Bendungan Hilir Urban Village, Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, utilizes 50 meter square to plant productive plants and nutrition pool.
will motivate resident to do urban farming too
Bendungan Hilir Urban Village Head, Rida Mufrida, said the result from plants and nutrition pool will be distributed to toddlers indicated with stunting.
KPKP Agency Prompts PKK Cadres to Cultivate Chili"We'll distribute the harvesting result to toddlers indicated with stunting," she said, Tuesday (1/23).
The productive plants planted by the caretaker are chili, eggplant, spinach, pak choy, java chili and grape, and also herbs. The nutrition pool is filled with catfish and nila fish.
"It is hoped our effort will motivate resident to do urban farming too," she added.
Yeni Susilowati, RPTRA 04 Melati Caretaker, explained the park width is 700 square meter. Together with other caretakers and PKK cadres, she tries to develop urban farming in the park.
Yeni admitted her side also tries to assist the government in handling stunting by distributing vegetables and fishes to local resident.
"There were 32 toddlers indicated with stunting. Now it declines by 27 toddlers," she closed.
