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Greening African Cities for Sustainability: A Systematic Review of Urban Gardening's Role in Biodiversity and Socio-Economic Resilience. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Mhlanga PF, Wesch NS, Moseri ME, Neumann FH, Ngobese NZ.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

An integrated social and natural sciences case study for the reuse of organic wastes as soil amendments

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Reusing organic waste materials, such as animal manure, as soil amendments reduces water and fertiliser demand, contributing to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. However, organic wastes may contain contaminants of emerging concern (CECs), posing potential ecosystem and human health risks. Despite the importance of this issue, there is a lack
Felicity C. T. Elder, Jose‐Luis Fajardo‐Escoffié, Laura Carter, Emily K. Durant, Katie J. Field, John Nightingale, Brett Sallach, Andrea‐Lorena Garduño‐Jiménez   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does Home and Wild Food Procurement Enhance Food Security in High-Income Countries? [PDF]

Curr Environ Health Rep
Bliss S, McCarthy AC, Mitchell RC, Merrill SC, Schattman RE, Anderzén J, Niles MT.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Integrating indigenous crops in agroforestry systems: Lesser yam and teak mixed systems are more profitable than monocultures in Indonesia

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Major staple crops are often introduced and cultivated in monocultures. Yams are staple crops native to the majority of low‐ and middle‐income countries and can provide an alternative to introduced staple crops. We showed that lesser yams cultivated together with teak trees (planted at the border of the farm) are more profitable than lesser yam ...
Budiadi, Sawitri, Enggal Primananda, Aqmal Nur Jihad, Marco Campera, Rika Bela Rahmawati   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ethnobotanical insights into the medicinal and food uses of Lamiaceae in the Mediterranean region: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
For generations, Mediterranean communities have used Lamiaceae or Labiatae plants like rosemary, thyme or mint to care for their health and to enrich their food. By bringing together dispersed knowledge from across the Mediterranean region, our review revealed the continuing relevance of Lamiaceae while also compiling past uses that may hold future ...
Fuencisla Cáceres, Joan Vallès, Teresa Garnatje, Airy Gras   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The mechanism of the ornamental plant variety rights value formation and enhancement strategy based on SEM-SD. [PDF]

PLoS One
Chen Y, Zhang Z, Kong D, Rao Z, Li W.
europepmc   +1 more source

Developments in Market Gardening [PDF]

Nature, 1933
openaire   +1 more source

Retirement and home production : A regression discontinuity approach [PDF]

Existing studies show that individuals who retire replace some private consumption by home production, but do not consider joint behaviour of couples.
Arthur Van Soest, Elena Stancanelli
core  

Conservation status of species used in the UK herbal medicine industry

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Given the ongoing biodiversity crisis, sustainable use and management of medicinal plants is critical. We assessed the conservation status, threats and conservation actions of 298 species sold by UK suppliers to medical herbalists. We found that most species used are unevaluated, representing a gap in conservation knowledge, and of those with ...
Isabella Flowers, Jon C. Lovett, Christopher Hassall   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Food-based interventions to mitigate household food insecurity in Canada: a systematic review. [PDF]

Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can
Idzerda L, Lazarescu C, Corrin T, Vallières E, Couture A, Khan S, McIntyre L, Tarasuk V, Jaramillo Garcia A.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source