Impact of home garden interventions on household access to vegetables for nutrition security in kavreplanchok district of Nepal

Bhattarai, Dhruba Raj; Piya, Sharmila; Bhattarai, Divyanshi; Poudel, Bishwash; Dahal, Kumar Mani

doi:10.15406/hij.2021.05.00228

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“…Complementary studies have provided specific positive and descriptive evidence of home gardening impacts (in both developed and developing countries) on families’ nutrition status and diets [ 102 , 106 , 107 , 108 , 109 ]. Thus, the areas surrounding houses, often neglected, can be utilized to grow vegetables and fruits, fulfilling the nutrient requirements [ 109 , 110 ]. Some examples of home gardening benefits to diet are presented in Table 2 .…”

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Contribution of Home Gardens to Sustainable Development: Perspectives from A Supported Opinion Essay

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Home gardening has a long history that started when humans became sedentary, being traditionally considered an accessible source of food and medicinal plants to treat common illnesses. With trends towards urbanization and industrialization, particularly in the post-World War II period, the importance of home gardens as important spaces for growing food and medicinal plants reduced and they began to be increasingly seen as decorative and leisure spaces. However, the growing awareness of the negative impacts of agricultural intensification and urbanization for human health, food quality, ecosystem resilience, and biodiversity conservation motivated the emergence of new approaches concerning home gardens. Societies began to question the potential of nearby green infrastructures to human wellbeing, food provisioning, and the conservation of traditional varieties, as well as providers of important services, such as ecological corridors for wild species and carbon sinks. In this context. and to foster adaptive and resilient social–ecological systems, our supported viewpoint intends to be more than an exhaustive set of perceptions, but a reflection of ideas about the important contribution of home gardens to sustainable development. We envision these humble spaces strengthening social and ecological components, by providing a set of diversified and intermingled goods and services for an increasingly urban population.

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