Home Gardens for Improved Food Security and Livelihoods

ISBN-13: 9781138202139 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 222 str.

D. Hashini Galhena Dissanayake; Karim Maredia

Opis

This book shows how home gardens are particularly significant for resource-poor and marginalized communities in developing countries and how they offer a versatile strategy towards building local and more resilient food systems.

Spis treści

Preface and Acknowledgement, List of tables, figures, boxes and photos, List of contributors, Foreword by Ruddell Freed, 1. Understanding the Global Practice of Home Gardening, 2. Home Gardens for Nutritional Security of Men, Women and Children, 3. Keeping it Close to Home: Home Gardens and Biodiversity Conservation, 4. Gender and Home Gardens: Towards Food Security and Women’s Empowerment, 5. Home gardens for Better Health and Nutrition in Mozambique, 6. Home Garden Experiences in Costa Rica, 7. Bio-innovations towards Sustainable Agriculture: Success Stories from India, 8. Home Gardens as a Resilience Strategy for Enhancing Food Security and Livelihoods in Post–Crisis Situations: A Case Study of Sri Lanka, 9. Complementarity Between Home Gardening and Livestock Production System in Nepal, 10. Kitchen Vegetable Gardens for Food and Nutritional Security of Poorest in Rural India–Experiences of Aga Khan Rural Support Programme, 11. Lessons Learned and the Way Forward on Home Gardens, Index

O autorze

D. Hashini Galhena Dissanayake is Assistant Professor in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and James Madison College. Karimbhai M. Maredia isProfessor in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University.