Home garden agrobiodiversity in cultural landscapes in the tropical lowlands of Tabasco, México

Alcudia‐Aguilar, Alejandro; Wal, Hans van der; Suárez-Sánchez, Juan; Martínez‐Zurimendi, Pablo; Castillo-Uzcanga, María Mercedes

doi:10.1007/s10457-017-0078-5

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“…Target 16.7 (food sovereignty) related to SDG 16 (Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions) is in 47 publications. The agrobiodiversity distribution in the HG varies with the cultural practices of the region, as reported from Mexico and Uganda (Alcudia-Aguilar et al 2018 ; Whitney et al 2018b ). In the Amazonian HG of Bolivia, the Tsimane social organization influenced the patterns of exchange of medicinal plants in the HG.…”

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Homegarden agroforestry systems in achievement of Sustainable Development Goals. A review

Sharma

Mina

Kumar

2022

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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Homegarden, a type of agroforestry system, is one of the earliest thriving traditional food systems reported. Studying the contribution of homegardens in the context of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is crucial when the COVID-19 pandemic has hindered the achievement of many of the crucial SDGs. In this review, we focused on 94 peer-reviewed papers on homegardens from 2010 to 2021 to interrelate them with the corresponding targets and indicators of each SDG. The SDGs were classified into five categories, each focusing on a specific aspect: Category 1 (SDGs 1–5, poverty dimension), Category 2 (SDGs 6–9, development infrastructures), Category 3 (SDGs 10–12, sustainable production and consumption), Category 4 (SDGs 13–15, green infrastructures), and Category 5 (SDGs 16–17, green institutions). The distribution of the 94 papers analyzed was 92%, 23%, 33%, 51%, and 50% in each of the SDG categories, respectively. Category 1 and SDG 2 were found to be most realized in the homegarden literature. Important observations were found that highlight homegardens’ probable use in providing food security, nutritional needs, health and wellness, preservation of agrobiodiversity, and enduring sustainability. Homegardens appear to be an important strategy for attaining the SDGs and can be accomplished with proper planning, in addition to taking into consideration how the traditional societies have sustained it for long. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13593-022-00781-9.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 91%

Homegarden agroforestry systems in achievement of Sustainable Development Goals. A review

Sharma

Mina

Kumar

2022

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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“…The mean Shannon-Weaver index for herbs (2.01), indicating a high distribution of herbs at all three disturbances, is justifiable with findings of (2.84) Cameroon (Vidal, 2008) and (2.29) in Sri Lanka (Martin et al, 2019). The high range of total tree basal cover varies 117.72-170.78 m 2 ha −1 , shows a huge cover of tree in home-yard which significantly differ with disturbance gradient, and higher (17.4-32.6 m 2 ha −1 ) to the result of Chiapas, Mexico (Valencia et al, 2014) and tropical lowlands of Tabasco, Mexico (11.7-16.1 m 2 ha −1) (Alcudia- Aguilar et al, 2018). The basal cover was analogous to studies of Sahoo et al (2020) (50-147 m 2 ha −1 ) in dry tropical and Singh (2013) (18-100 m 2 ha −1 ) in the Himalayan region.…”

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Diversity and Distribution of Traditional Home Gardens Along Different Disturbances in a Dry Tropical Region, India

Patel

Sharma

Singh

et al. 2022

Front. For. Glob. Change

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Home gardening is an indigenous practice of cultivation that has effectively adapted to local ecological conditions over generations. This study examined the effects of disturbance and garden size on biodiversity to develop a better understanding of vegetation cover and its role in livelihood and provision of forest management in the Vindhyan highlands. Data were collected from 60 gardens which were classified into large (> 650 m2), medium (400–650 m2), and small (< 400 m2), based on size and disturbance gradients viz., high, medium, and low. A total of 133 species from 50 families were recorded, in which trees (47.4%) were dominant followed by shrubs (18%) and herbs (16.5%). With respect to disturbance, the highest number of tree species (39) were found at low disturbance (LD) followed by 33 species in medium disturbance (MD) and 32 species in high disturbhance (HD). The total mean richness of species was greater at LD (20.3 ± 2.3) and lowest at HD (18.5 ± 2.2). Tree density was significantly (P ≤ 0.05) higher at LD (293.75 ± 16.1 individual ha–1) as compared to MD (221 ± 11.5 individual ha–1) and HD (210 ± 10.3 individual ha–1). However, the results for shrubs and herbs density were considerably different, where shrubs density was highest at HD (70 ± 6.9 individual per 1,000 m2) and lowest at LD (62.5 ± 5.8 individual per 1,000 m2), while the maximum density of herbs was recorded at MD (466.25 ± 29.8 individual per 100 m2) and minimum at LD (370 ± 21.4 individual per 100 m2). The summed dominance ratio indicated frequent use of garden plants in bio-fencing, vegetables, ornamental, and ethnomedicine. Diversity (P < 0.01) and species richness (P < 0.05) showed a significant positive correlation with garden size. The Principal Component Analysis (PCA) showed that the first component (PC1) accounted for 28.6% of variance, whereas the second explained 21.9% of variance in both disturbance and garden size with a cumulative variance of 50.5%. These components depicted the positive association with HD (14.34), SDiv (13.91), TCD (12.47), and HDiv (12.09). We concluded that the diversity of home gardens changed with disturbance, which crucially served as a refuge for native tree species in a degraded landscape. This pattern highlighted the importance of home gardens for plant biodiversity conservation and local livelihood, which must be a viable option for regeneration of deforested dry tropics, while also reducing the burden on dry tropical forest regions.

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“…The island has a warm temperate climate with monthly average temperatures ranging from 6 to 27 ℃ and receives 1500-1800 mm of rainfall Transplanting wild plants or planting materials from their original habitats to home gardens can serve as a common practice to ensure greater and more reliable access to the plant products (Kujawska et al 2018;Price and Ogle 2012). Forests can supply such planting materials and having forest patches nearby can positively affect home garden plant diversity (Alcudia-Aguilar et al 2017). However, forests and other natural and semi-natural areas nearby can also serve as collection sites for wild plant products (Das and Das 2015;Larios et al 2013;Sunwar et al 2006), reducing the necessity for the plants' cultivation.…”

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Useful Plants from the Wild to Home Gardens: An Analysis of Home Garden Ethnobotany in Contexts of Habitat Conversion and Land Use Change in Jeju, South Korea

Hong

Zimmerer

2022

Journal of Ethnobiology

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Home gardens are often the most agrobiodiverse sites in the anthropogenic environment, a space where crops and other useful plants are often transplanted from other components of the landscape. This study investigates the plant composition of home gardens and their usefulness in 12 small towns and villages-with three of these chosen as the focus for in-depth research-situated in the Jeju province of South Korea. The goal of the research is to explore their roles in local ethnobotany in the context of habitat conversion and land use change. The 131 home gardens surveyed in these villages yielded 164 species-and variety-level plant taxa (52 wild, 109 domesticated, and 3 introduced), of which 95 were useful plant taxa (39 wild, 55 domesticated, and 1 introduced). Use of home garden plants was predominantly for food and medicinal purposes. Home garden plant usefulness was more multi-functional and thus more versatile than practices associated with these plants in nongarden habitats. Plant diversity in home gardens was supported by the presence of nearby forest and grassland areas. Interview data indicate that plant users were motivated to transplant wild plants into their home gardens in order to secure a consistent supply, given decreases in wild plant populations in the last 15-20 years. The loss and overharvesting of forests and other wild plant habitats have caused the decrease in these plant populations. Underlying drivers of the habitat conversion and land use change influencing increased wild plant transplants to home gardens are local livelihood and lifestyle changes, including the earlier expansion of commercial agriculture beginning in the late 1960s and the accelerated growth of tourism since 2000.

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Home garden agrobiodiversity in cultural landscapes in the tropical lowlands of Tabasco, México

Cited by 14 publications

References 21 publications

Homegarden agroforestry systems in achievement of Sustainable Development Goals. A review

Homegarden agroforestry systems in achievement of Sustainable Development Goals. A review

Diversity and Distribution of Traditional Home Gardens Along Different Disturbances in a Dry Tropical Region, India

Useful Plants from the Wild to Home Gardens: An Analysis of Home Garden Ethnobotany in Contexts of Habitat Conversion and Land Use Change in Jeju, South Korea

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