Jom Tani

What is Jom Tani?

Jom Tani is a kind of urban farming initiative to increase public awareness towards current issues such as global warming, climate change as well as other factors that has ripple effects such as drought, less rain, forest burnign and others.
Aside from that, economy too contribute to the food supply chain disruption due to increasing human population as well as the ageing population in the agriculture sector. Not to forget the unsustainable buying power for basic neccessities of Below Middle Class income group.
Back to basic concept, Millenials spending too much time on technologies, internet pairing with smartphones/tablets/computers/television are the most common places where time are being spent to the extends of lack of communcations between family where all families settle down on the living rooms all together and spending quality time having proper conversation and laughter face to face not through devices and emoticons or even emoji. Why not making use of small spaces for your own gardening for food?
Thus, it is hoped that Jom Tani could public awareness of urban farming of back to basic about farming, and reduce living cost through growing own vegetables without worrying much about pesticides and utilize the small spaces as a Genius solution to the Garden Dillema. When JomTani if done by community role, ripple effects are way greater than expected as this would not only helping the community to help the poor also, to unite community regardless of race and embrace community effort of reduce food waste and helping out each other.

Supporting Facts behind Jom Tani

Are you aware of these situations?

Deforestration

Did you know that effect of mass deforestration?

Deforestration - Forest Fire , thus Haze.

In Malaysia, this is no strange case as this was cause by the standard traditional slash and burn practice of industry especially Palm Tree Plantation for Land Renewal Process sake.
The other cause for burning forest is due to the rise of temperature, this is more commonly seens in United States and Canada.
However, recent news did covers that Amazon Rainforest was burned.

Deforestration - Greenhouse Gas release

During the daytime, all plants does photosynthesis. Forest are no different.
According to Geographical Association, deforestation is the largest source of carbon dioxide emissions after fossil fuel burning, causing 15% of global greenhouse gas emissions. It should be noted that converting upland dipterocarp forest into palm oil plantations does not trap as much carbon for many years.

Deforestration - Animals Protection

When forest was cleared, it also clears up the are for animals including endangered species into human threats since they have lost their place to stay.

Deforestration - Water Cycle Disruption

Water as one the most fundamental resources, it is no surprise like every year the citizens suffers from water rationing. Forest does its role of filtering water naturally before flowing down to water reservoir. Deforestration causes less groundwater flowing and affect the local climate to be drier than usual.

Deforestration - Landslide

The more deforestration would allows more soil erosions as there are no tree roots to hold them in place. Especially in highland district, this poses a threat to roadways below the forest.

Waste Pollution

Did you know the types of waste pollution?

Waste Pollution - Plastic Pollution

Did you know that how many plastics are we adding to our household each time after shopping?
Do you know that how long it takes to decompose?
Earlier this year 2019, The Star covered plastic pollution article and the waste of land used for landfill purpose.

Waste Pollution - Food Waste

Food are bare necessity of human however, when we get greedy we tend to order more foods than our normal capacity.
Thus, food waste without thinking of the origin of the food from raw crops and ingredients to cooked food.
This is common sight among Malaysian when it comes to festival seasons.

Waste Pollution - Water Waste

Bursting pipes and excess usage of water or amount of time spending on taking bath is a serious problem in Malaysia and these are common sights seen in daily Malaysian lives.

Economy Issues

Did you know the how economy affects us?

Economy Issues - Unneccesary spendings / Increase Living Cost and Spendings

This is common sights that is happening on day time where we're spending on comfort foods and drinks.
Think about it what can a piece of RM50 means to the B40 household compared to a luxury lunch?
A cup of ordinary coffee shop compared to Starbuck Coffee, which is value and which is luxury?

Economy Issues - Lack of Funds for Emergency Times or Retirement

Loan shark and black listed, these terms are common among Malaysians. Imagine how many cases you sees them when you flip in newspapers?
Millenials are the ones usually suffers from saving funds for Emergency usage. Link
And there, also concern about the retirement fund is not enough to cover due to the gradual increasingly cost of living. Link

Social Issues

Did you know the how Social affects us?

Social Issues - Hands on Technology and Isolation

Internet and Technology devices are part of modern needs without it, we're too into it be it we're gaming for pleasure, streaming our favourites movies through Digital or social media.
Last year, WHO declared Gaming Disorder as a kind of Disorder.
Social Media addiction too are part of it.

Initiatives

These initiatives are based on Sustainable Development Goals where The Theme "Innovation For Wellbeing":

※ No Poverty

※ Zero Hunger

※ Good Health and Well-Being

※ Quality Education

※ Decent Work and Economic Growth

※ Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

※ Sustainable Cities and Communities

※ Responsible Consumption and Production

Statistics

Total Farm Produce For Year 2016
Hasil Pertanian berakhir Tahun 2016

Tahun 2016

Farmers and Entreprenuer Short Term Plantation Area
Kawasan Tanaman Singkat Masa Peladang and Usahawan

Antara Tahun 2008 - 2012

Farming Area
Kawasan Tanah Perkebunan

Antara Tahun 2008 - 2012

Interstates Farmers and Entreprenuer Ratio
Ratio Peladang (Pertubuhan Peladang dan Usahawan) Antara Negeri

Tahun 2016

Interstates Farm Good Distributors Ratio
Ratio Pengeluar Antara Negeri

Tahun 2016

InterStates Customers Ratios Compared
Ratio Pelanggan Antara Negeri

Tahun 2016

Global Forest Change

Source : Science Mag

Malaysia LandFills

Source : Source : Research Gate

What can we do & How does it contribute?

Knowledge Sharing

Promote Knowledge Sharing among Family and Community.
Photo by Kester Low

Promote Unity

Promote Unity among family members and even community in neighbourhood. Spend quality time and get to know your neighbourhood.
Photo by Department of Information Malaysia

Implement Time Out

Hands off the digital devices. Disconnect and Spend more quality time, Family bonds has no money value and every moment counts.
OnePlus, a smartphone company created a Zen Mode application to keep control of your smartphone.
Photo By Android Authority.

Side Income

Your Excess produce may be not only your source of healthy food where you knwo what have your put your efforts. Even, you could give it away to those needy ones.
Photo By TM One.

Zero Food Waste

Those Fruits/Vegetable remains can be use to fertilize soils.
Why not make use of them as your natural fertilizer instead of depending on pesticides feritizer.
This is way more organic.

Zero Plastics Waste

Say "No" to plastics products such as Plastics Bag, Plastics Cups, and also Straws.
Those products takes years to decompose, instead why not bring your own bottle.
Visit Day Market or Night Market with your own bag, and insist on No Plastic Bag.
Even you could try to buy grain, vegetables at those stores with your own container. There are stores that allows your own container to purchase groceries.

Re-use your water

Stop Pouring away the water that you used to wash or rise the grains fruits, and vegetables, re-use those waters for your garden/urban farming.
Collect rain water is another alternative to reduce the cost on your water bills. However, be wary of mosquitos breeding.

Utilize your small spaces

Unleash your creativity! The Genius Solution to Garden Dilemma in urban farming is space but what if you maximize your small spaces.
Be it your own bath tubs, old vase, used plastic bottles, old pvc pipes, when these items are being creatively used they can be very useful.

Maximize the food waste

Organic Food Waste are readily recyclable into soil amendments like compost, into mulch and liquid fertilizers, and also into biofuel, a renewable natural gas.