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Enhancing human resilience beyond COVID-19-related stress: public responses to multi-benefits of home gardening [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2023
The SARS-CoV-2 virus has caused a public health crisis globally. Against the backdrop of global resilience, studies have demonstrated the therapeutic value of home gardening as a measure to strengthen human health. However, there is a lack of comparative
Chen-Fa Wu, Luu Van Thong Trac, Szu-Hung Chen, Alisara Menakanit, Quoc Tuan Le, Hung-Ming Tu, Chih-Peng Tsou, Hsi-Chih Huang, Nittaya Chookoh, Chih-Cheng Weng, Li-Wei Chou, Chiu-Chuan Chen   +11 more
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Comparing level of food insecurity between households with and without home gardening practices in Zege, Amhara region, North West Ethiopia: Community based study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2022
BackgroundGlobally, close to 1 billion people suffer from hunger and food insecurity. Evidence showed that prevalence of household food insecurity in Ethiopia is ranged from 25.5%-75.8%. Home gardening is one way to alleviate food insecurity.
Achenef Motbainor, Zerfalem Arega, Mulat Tirfie   +2 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 Skar, Marit Piirman, Ragnheiður I. Thorarinsdottir, Martina Bavec, Ranka Junge   +5 more
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Nutritional status of 6–59 months of age children is not significantly varied between households with and without home gardening practices in Zege, North West Ethiopia, 2020: community based comparative study [PDF]

BMC Pediatrics, 2022
Background Malnutrition is a critical public health issue that has been related to a significant increase in mortality and morbidity rates. Despite the fact that children are expected to benefit from home gardening products, their nutritional condition ...
Mulat Tirfie Bayih, Zerfalem Arega, Achenef Motbainor   +2 more
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Home gardening and fruit and vegetable intake in rural settlements in Northeast Hungary [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Several studies have found that home gardening can impact fruit and vegetable intake. In Hungary, where fruit and vegetable consumption is among the lowest in the European Union (EU), poor diet is the main behavioral risk factor contributing to mortality.
Anita Simon, Helga Bárdos
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Urban reflections through home gardening; Does Gender Matter?

Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2023
In the current global pandemic, actions are taken to prevent Covid-19 spread, residents are embracing small-scale gardening activities in their homes; especially in low to middle income communities, 3rd world countries as in Africa, depending on ...
Samah El Khateeb, Mariam Saber, Indjy M. Shawket   +2 more
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The effect of home gardening on vegetable and fruit consumption: a pre-post intervention study in Northeast Hungary [PDF]

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
Background Diet low in vegetables and fruits is one of the leading dietary risk factors for non-communicable diseases. In Hungary, the average consumption of vegetables and fruits is less than the recommended daily amount.
Anita Simon, Helga Bárdos
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Growing Intergenerational Resilience for Indigenous Food Sovereignty through Home Gardening [PDF]

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2019
As a community-based participatory research pro­ject designed to promote health and wellbeing, Growing Resilience supports home gardens for 96 primarily Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho families in the Wind River Reservation, located in Wyoming ...
Rachael Budowle, Melvin Arthur, Christine Porter   +2 more
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Cumulative impact assessments highlight the linkages among intentions, behaviors, and benefits of home gardening in the post COVID-19 pandemic era

Wellbeing, Space and Society
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly heightened people’s awareness of their physical and mental well-being. Numerous studies have demonstrated the multifunctional benefits of home gardening for human health before and during the pandemic.
Luu Van Thong Trac, Chih-Peng Tsou, Tzu-Yao Liu, Quoc Tuan Le, Khuong Lai Trac, Hieu Hoang Trung, Chia-Ni Chou, Tao-Ming Chen, Chen-Fa Wu   +8 more
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Exploring the Impact of a Persuasive Serious Video Game (Farmily) on Promoting Home Gardening Among Novices: Design and Randomized Controlled Trial [PDF]

JMIR Serious Games
BackgroundHome gardens worldwide provide sustenance, economic support, and access to fresh produce and promote household well-being, health, self-sufficiency, and food security.
Carlos Alberto García de Alba-Chávez, Ismael Edrein Espinosa-Curiel, Rosa María Michel-Nava   +2 more
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