Home Gardens and Agrobiodiversity

Home Gardens and Agrobiodiversity

Home Gardens and Agrobiodiversity

Home Gardens and Agrobiodiversity

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Overview

Focusing on peoples throughout the tropical world, and including case studies from Cuba, Ethiopia, Ghana, Venezuela, and Vietnam, Home Gardens and Agrobiodiversity explains how both rural and urban households manage home garden diversity in ways that enable them to cope with change, and adapt their crops to new situations.

After introducing theoretical and methodological aspects of studying home garden culture, scientists and conservationists present case studies of ways in which garden practices in tropical areas contribute to agricultural biodiversity and sustainability. Eyzaguirre and Linares conclude that home gardens play key roles as both cultural and biological spaces.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781588342881
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication date: 07/06/2010
Pages: 304
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Pablo B. Eyzaguirre is a senior scientist at the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute in Italy. Olga F. Linares is a senior staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsvii
Introduction1
Part 1.Theory and Methods
1.Microenvironments31
2.Toward an Analysis of Home-Garden Cultures: On the Use of Sociocultural Variables in Home Garden Studies41
3.Sampling Methods for the Study of Genetic Diversity in Home Gardens of Cuba56
Part 2.Country Studies
4.Vietnamese Home Gardens: Cultural and Crop Diversity81
5.Managing Diversity in Various Ecosystems: Home Gardens of Nepal95
6.The Enset-Based Home Gardens of Ethiopia123
7.Aspects of Home-Garden Cultivation in Ghana: Regional Differences in Ecology and Society148
8.Home-Garden Biodiversity in Two Contrasting Regions of Guatemala168
9.Venezuelan Conucos: Reversing Threats to a Traditional System185
10.Casamance, Senegal: Home Gardens in an Urban Setting198
Part 3.Managing and Conserving Genetic Diversity in Key Crops
11.A Case Study of Key Species in Southern Vietnam: Farmer Classification and Management of Agrobiodiversity in Home Gardens215
12.The Diversity of Taro and Sponge Gourd in Home Gardens of Nepal and Vietnam234
13.The Conservation and Evolution of Landraces of Peanuts and Peppers256
14.Characterization in Situ of the Variability of Sapote or Mamey in Cuban Home Gardens266
Conclusions283
Contributors287
Index292
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