Home gardens: neglected hotspots of agro-biodiversity and cultural diversity

G Galluzzi, P Eyzaguirre, V Negri - Biodiversity and conservation, 2010 - Springer
Over the last two decades, the importance of conserving genetic resources has received
increasing attention. In this context the role of home gardens as repositories of biological …

The role of home gardens in promoting biodiversity and food security

H Korpelainen - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Plant genetic resources provide the basis for sustainable agricultural production, adaptation
to climate change, and economic development. Many present crop plants are endangered …

Ethnopharmacology, food production, nutrition and biodiversity conservation: towards a sustainable future for indigenous peoples

VH Heywood - Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2011 - Elsevier
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: It is becoming increasingly clear that
ethnopharmacology cannot be disassociated from food production, human nutrition and the …

Enough to feed ourselves!—Food plants in Bulgarian rural home gardens

T Ivanova, Y Bosseva, M Chervenkov, D Dimitrova - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
The home garden is a unique human-nature interspace that accommodates a diverse
spectrum of plant species and provides multiple services to households. One of the most …

[图书][B] Saving more than seeds: practices and politics of seed saving

C Phillips - 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
Saving More Than Seeds advances understandings of seed-people relations, with particular
focus on seed saving. The practice of reusing and exchanging seeds provides foundation for …

Home gardens: an assessment of their biodiversity and potential contribution to conservation of threatened species and crop wild relatives in Benin

VK Salako, B Fandohan, B Kassa… - Genetic resources and …, 2014 - Springer
Despite growing literature supporting the importance of home gardens (HG) as biodiversity
hotspots, knowledge of patterns of their contribution to conservation of threatened species …

A survey and morphological evaluation of fig (Ficus carica L.) genetic resources from Slovenia

M Podgornik, I Vuk, I Vrhovnik, DB Mavsar - Scientia Horticulturae, 2010 - Elsevier
In order to collect all existing phenotypic variation of fig accessions grown in Slovenia and to
plan the conservation strategy by establishment of national collection in the northern part of …

[HTML][HTML] Biotechnological approaches for conservation and improvement of rare and endangered plants of Saudi Arabia

S Khan, F Al-Qurainy, M Nadeem - Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 2012 - Elsevier
Genetic variation is believed to be a prerequisite for the short-and long-term survival of the
plant species in their natural habitat. It depends on many environmental factors which …

[PDF][PDF] Home gardens in the maintenance of biological diversity

OM Agbogidi, EB Adolor - Appl Sci Rep, 2013 - Citeseer
Home garden is an integrated system which comprises different things in its small area that
produces a variety of foods and agricultural products including staple crops, vegetables …

Soil macroinvertebrates' abundance and diversity in home gardens in Tabasco, Mexico, vary with soil texture, organic matter and vegetation cover

E Huerta, H van der Wal - European Journal of Soil Biology, 2012 - Elsevier
We studied the composition of soil invertebrate communities and vegetation in 50 home
gardens in the humid tropical lowlands of Tabasco, Mexico, located in five …