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Would home gardening enhance food diversity? Empirical evidence from home gardening households in Nigeria

open access: yes
Food insecurity remains a pressing challenge in sub-Saharan Africa, where many households face low living standards and limited economic access to diverse and nutritious foods.
Adewale, AA   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Gardens and gardening

open access: yes, 2009
Essay in Kitchin R, Thrift N (eds) International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, Volume 4, pp. 289–293.The garden has been an informing metaphor for geographical thought for sometime and as an affective material object and gardening as a process in the ...
David Crouch, Crouch, David
core   +1 more source

Wholesale Markets as Governance Entities: Institutional Coordination of Trader Marketing in Nigerian Agri‐Food Markets

open access: yesJournal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Coordinated marketing activities can be an important mechanism for negotiating prices and reducing transaction and transportation costs in food supply chains. Yet there are few studies on the prevalence and drivers of the choice of undertaking coordinated marketing by food wholesale markets.
Daniel A. Babalola   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Annual and Seasonal Rainfall Variability in Mozambique During the Nineteenth Century

open access: yesInternational Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.
This paper presents the first annually and seasonally resolved reconstructions of nineteenth‐century rainfall variability for Mozambique derived from the analysis of extensive documentary evidence. It reveals spatially heterogeneous rainfall patterns with recurrent multi‐year droughts, episodic extreme wet events, and a strong coherence between ...
David J. Nash   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of plant science higher education reveals mixed provision which falls short of delivering national priorities

open access: yesJSFA reports, Volume 5, Issue 3, Page 78-90, March 2025.
Abstract Background Many reports from the UK government and other organisations highlight a need for a plant aware workforce, and some enumerate specific areas of plant science where there is a skills shortage. We have undertaken a systematic analysis of the content of degree programmes that advertise as teaching plant biology to determine if the UK ...
Sarah Trinder   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

First report on the soil seed bank damage due to fire at the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh

open access: yesJSFA reports, EarlyView.
Abstract Background The composition, density, and damage of the soil seed bank were studied at Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp (the world's largest refugee settlement), Ukhiya, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, after a major human‐induced fire on March 22, 2021, causing huge damage to human lives, settlements, and the ecosystem.
Mohammad Golam Kibria   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contribution of home gardens to household food security in Umzimvubu Local Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa

open access: yesCogent Food & Agriculture
Food insecurity remains a pressing challenge in rural South Africa, where many households struggle to access nutritious and affordable food. Home gardens are widely promoted as a strategy to improve both food availability and income, yet their ...
Baphumelele Z. Msengana   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fruits for the Home Garden

open access: yesJournal of the American Pomological Society, 1948
The material assembled here is a provisional list of 120 high-quality apples, cherries, pears, and plums, based upon a comparison of A. P. S. catalogs, the N. Y. surveys, and the older pomologies. The principal factor which has been considered in compiling this list is that of high quality.
openaire   +1 more source

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