Home Gardens for Improved Food Security and Livelihoods (Earthscan Food and Agriculture)

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Synopsis
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 toward 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 programs. 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 a useful read for students and scholars working on local food systems, food security, sustainable development and more broadly development strategy.
Copyright:
2021

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
222 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781315471754
Related ISBNs:
9781315471747, 9781315471778, 9781315471761, 9780367502966, 9781138202139
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
selection and editorial matter, D. Hashini Galhena Dissanayake and Karimbhai M. Maredia
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Science, Cooking, Food and Wine, Outdoors and Nature, Business and Finance, Technology, Earth Sciences
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Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
D. Hashini Galhena Dissanayake
Edited by:
Karimbhai M. Maredia

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