Home gardens in three mountain regions of the Iberian Peninsula: description, motivation for gardening, and gross financial benefits

V Reyes-García, L Aceituno, S Vila… - Journal of …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Previous research on tropical home gardens stresses their ecological, economic, and social
functions. This article a) describes home gardens (n= 252) in three rural areas of the Iberian …

Beyond food production: Ecosystem services provided by home gardens. A case study in Vall Fosca, Catalan Pyrenees, Northeastern Spain

L Calvet-Mir, E Gómez-Baggethun… - Ecological Economics, 2012 - Elsevier
Interest in ecosystem services provided by agroecosystems has grown over the last decades
with research focusing on the type of environmental, economic and social benefits delivered …

Home gardens as an alternative for sustainability: challenges and perspectives in Latin America

MT Pulido Silva - 2008 - uaeh.edu.mx
Home gardens are productive systems associated with the home that contribute to the
upkeep of important ecological functions and to the social and economic welfare of …

The Role of Home Gardens in Promoting Multi‐Functional Agriculture in Hungary

E Birol, G Bela, M Smale - EuroChoices, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Home gardens are small‐scale family farms managed with traditional methods. Throughout
Hungary's history, they have provided food security and diet quality to families who have …

Domestic gardens as water-wise landscapes: A case study in southwestern Europe

R Fernández-Cañero, J Ordovás… - HortTechnology, 2011 - journals.ashs.org
Spain has undergone a period of uncontrolled urban expansion in a relatively short time-
span, affecting people's quality of life in negative ways with significant impacts on the …

Urban homegardens and allotment gardens for sustainable livelihoods: Management strategies and institutional environments

AW Drescher, RJ Holmer, DL Iaquinta - Tropical homegardens: A time …, 2006 - Springer
URBAN HOMEGARDENS AND ALLOTMENT GARDENS FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVELI-
HOODS: MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AND INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENTS Page 1 317 …

Are tropical agroforestry home gardens sustainable?

E Torquebiau - Agriculture, ecosystems & environment, 1992 - Elsevier
While tropical multistrata home gardens (or tree home gardens) are classically said to be
sound, efficient and sustainable land-use systems, there is little quantitative evidence and …

Shaping the urban home garden: Socio-ecological forces in the management of private green spaces

J Šiftová - Land Use Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Home gardens represent critical spaces in the configuration of socio-ecological landscapes
and an increasing number of local and regional governments have begun including them …

Why I would want to live in the village if I was not interested in cultivating the plot? A study of home gardening in rural Czechia

J Vávra, Z Smutná, V Hruška - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Unsustainable food practices in the global North have brought a lot of attention to the
concept of alternative food networks. However, prevailing research perspectives have …

Local botanical knowledge and agrobiodiversity: homegardens at rural and periurban contexts in Argentina

ML Pochettino, JA Hurrell, VS Lema - Horticulture, 2012 - books.google.com
Homegardens are defined as those cultivated spaces, generally of reduced extensión,
located in the surroundings of the house. Garden produce is mainly consumed at home, or …