Home gardens for improved food security and livelihoods /
Home gardens for improved food security and livelihoods /
edited by D. Hashini Galhena Dissanayake and Karimbhai M. Maredia.
- 1 online resource (xv, 221 pages) : illustrations.
- Earthscan food and agriculture .
"Home Gardens for Improved Food Security and Livelihoods demonstrates how home gardens hold particular significance for resource-poor and marginalized communities in developing countries, and how they offer a versatile strategy towards building local and more resilient food systems. With food and nutritional security being a major global challenge, there is an urgent need to find innovative ways to increase food production and diversify food sources while increasing income-generating opportunities for communities faced with hunger and poverty. This book shows that, when implemented properly, home gardens can become just such an innovative solution, as well as an integral part of sustainable food security programmes. It provides a conceptual overview of social, economic, environmental, and nutritional issues related to home gardening in diverse contexts, including gender issues and biodiversity conservation and presents case studies from Africa, Asia and Latin America, highlighting home gardening experiences and initiatives. The volume concludes with a synthesis of key lessons learned and ways forward for further enhancing home gardens for sustainable food security and development. This book will be of paramount importance to students and academics working on local food systems, urban food and food security and sustainable development more broadly"--
9781315471778 1315471779 9781315471747 1315471744 9781315471754 1315471752 9781315471761 1315471760
Vegetable gardening--Developing countries.
Food security--Developing countries.
TECHNOLOGY / Agriculture / Tropical Agriculture
SB323.D44 / H66 2021
635.09172/4
"Home Gardens for Improved Food Security and Livelihoods demonstrates how home gardens hold particular significance for resource-poor and marginalized communities in developing countries, and how they offer a versatile strategy towards building local and more resilient food systems. With food and nutritional security being a major global challenge, there is an urgent need to find innovative ways to increase food production and diversify food sources while increasing income-generating opportunities for communities faced with hunger and poverty. This book shows that, when implemented properly, home gardens can become just such an innovative solution, as well as an integral part of sustainable food security programmes. It provides a conceptual overview of social, economic, environmental, and nutritional issues related to home gardening in diverse contexts, including gender issues and biodiversity conservation and presents case studies from Africa, Asia and Latin America, highlighting home gardening experiences and initiatives. The volume concludes with a synthesis of key lessons learned and ways forward for further enhancing home gardens for sustainable food security and development. This book will be of paramount importance to students and academics working on local food systems, urban food and food security and sustainable development more broadly"--
9781315471778 1315471779 9781315471747 1315471744 9781315471754 1315471752 9781315471761 1315471760
Vegetable gardening--Developing countries.
Food security--Developing countries.
TECHNOLOGY / Agriculture / Tropical Agriculture
SB323.D44 / H66 2021
635.09172/4