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Home gardening in sub‐Saharan Africa: A scoping review on practices and nutrition outcomes in rural Burkina Faso and Kenya

Food and Energy Security, 2022
Home gardening is promoted as an adaptation strategy to ameliorate the increasing food insecurity from climate change ...
Lea-Sophie Hansen, Raissa Sorgho, Isabel Mank, Patricia Nayna Schwerdtle, Erick Agure, T. Bärnighausen, I. Danquah   +6 more
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The Multi-Sites Trial on the Effects of Therapeutic Gardening on Mental Health and Well-Being

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022
Although many people affected by COVID-19 suffer from some form of psychological distress, access to proper treatment or psychosocial interventions has been limited.
Yeji Yang, Eunbin Ro, Taek-Joo Lee, Byung-Chul An, Kwang-Pyo Hong, Hojun Yun, Eunyeong Park, Hye-Ryeong Cho, S. Yun, Miok Park, Young-Jo Yun, Ai-Ran Lee, Jeong-Ill Jeon, S. Jung, T. Ahn, Hye-young Jin, Kyung Ju Lee, Kee-Hong Choi   +17 more
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Reducing Anxiety with Nature and Gardening (RANG): Evaluating the Impacts of Gardening and Outdoor Activities on Anxiety among U.S. Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic impacted mental health. Growing research has identified the mental health benefits of nature contact, including gardening.
Megan E. Gerdes, Lucy A. Aistis, Naomi A. Sachs, Marcus Williams, Jennifer D. Roberts, Rachel E. Rosenberg Goldstein   +5 more
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For the love of insects: gardening grows positive emotions (biophilia) towards invertebrates

Journal of Insect Conservation, 2022
As growing urban populations have fewer chances to experience nature, i.e., ‘the extinction of experience’, the subsequent loss of emotional affinities for biodiversity (biophilia) pose major challenges to environmental conservation.
Amelie Vanderstock, Cecilia Grandi-Nagashiro, G. Kudo, T. Latty, Shoko Nakamura, T. White, M. Soga   +6 more
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Regulation mechanism of long non-coding RNA in plant secondary metabolite biosynthesis

Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 2022
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are widely available transcription products of more than 200 nucleotides with unrecognizable coding potential. A large number of lncRNAs have been identified in different plants.
Yuting LI, Huan HAN, Jiabao YE, Feng XU, Weiwei ZHANG, Yongling LIAO   +5 more
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What is the evidence for the impact of gardens and gardening on health and well-being: a scoping review and evidence-based logic model to guide healthcare strategy decision making on the use of gardening approaches as a social prescription

BMJ Open, 2020
Objective To systematically identify and describe studies that have evaluated the impact of gardens and gardening on health and well-being. A secondary objective was to use this evidence to build evidence-based logic models to guide health strategy ...
M. Howarth, A. Brettle, M. Hardman, M. Maden   +3 more
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The effectiveness of group-based gardening interventions for improving wellbeing and reducing symptoms of mental ill-health in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Mental Health, 2022
Background There is increasing interest in the association between nature, health and wellbeing. Gardening is a popular way in which interaction with nature occurs and numerous gardening projects aim to facilitate wellbeing among participants.
Rebecca N. Briggs, P. Morris, K. Rees
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Functional Characterization of the EMBRYONIC FLOWER 2 Gene Involved in Flowering in Ginkgo biloba

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021
Ginkgo biloba has edible, medicinal, and ornamental value. However, the long juvenile phase prevents the development of the G. biloba industry, and there are few reports on the identification and functional analysis of genes regulating the flowering time
Xian Zhou, Lanlan Wang, Janping Yan, Jiabao Ye, Shuiyuan Cheng, Feng Xu, Guiyuan Wang, Weiwei Zhang, Yongling Liao, Xiaomeng Liu   +9 more
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Home Gardening and Food Security Concerns during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Horticulturae, 2022
At times of crisis, home gardening has often been sought out as a potential solution for threats to food security and as a measure to increase socio-psychological effects, such as public sense of self-efficacy, trust in the government and care for one’s ...
Maja Turnšek, Siv-Lene Gangenes Gangenes Skar, Marit Piirman, R. Thorarinsdottir, M. Bavec, R. Junge   +5 more
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Sustainable Horticulture Practices to Predict Consumer Attitudes towards Green Hotel Visit Intention: Moderating the Role of an Environmental Gardening Identity

Horticulturae, 2022
A successful expansion and intensification of the links between tourism and horticulture is needed for tourism to contribute to economic diversification.
I. Elshaer, A. M. Azazz, Faleh A. Ameen, Sameh Fayyad   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source