Home gardens, also known as forest gardens, are found in wetlands. They use inter-cropping to trees, crops and livestock grown on the same ground. In Kerala in southern India and in northeastern India, who are the most common form of land, but are also found in Indonesia, One example combines coconut, black pepper, cocoa and pineapple.
In many African countries, for example, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, the gardens are widespread in the rural suburbs and urban areas and play an essential role in determining food security. Better known are the Chaga or Chagga gardens on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. This is an excellent example of an agroforestry system. In many countries women are the major players in home gardening and food is produced mainly for subsistence.
In Nepal, the home garden, literally known as Ghar Bagaincha Nepal, refers to the traditional system of land use around a farm where different types of plants grown and maintained by members of the household and their products are mainly for family consumption (Shrestha et al ., 2002). The term "backyard" is often considered synonymous with the garden. However, they differ in terms of function, size, diversity, composition and characteristics (Sthapit et al., 2006). In Nepal, 72% of households home gardens of an area of 11.2% of the total territory (Gautam et al, 2004) .. Because of its small size, the government has never identified home gardens as an important unit of food production and remains neglected from research and development. However, in the house of the system is very important because it is the main source of food and nutrition for the rural poor and therefore an important contribution to household food security and subsistence farming communities in Nepal. They are usually planted with a mixture of annual and perennial plants can be harvested on a daily or seasonal basis. Biodiversity that has immediate value is maintained in home gardens as women and children have easy access to favorite foods, and so we should promote home gardens as an important element for a healthy lifestyle. The gardens, with their intensive and multiple applications, a safety net for households when food is scarce. These gardens are not only an important source of food, feed, fuel, medicines, spices, herbs, flowers, construction materials and income in many countries, are also important for in situ conservation of a wide range of unique genetic resources for Food and Agriculture Organization (Subedi et al, 2004) .. Many wild and neglected and underutilized species can make a significant contribution to the dietary diversity of local communities (Gautam et al, 2004) ..
In addition to the dietary supplement in times of difficulty, home gardens, promoting the family and the full participation of the community in the food supply. childcare, elderly and people they can participate in this form of agriculture in focus, with the addition of household tasks and programming. This tradition in many cultures around the world for thousands of years.
These gardens such as polyculture, and conserve the genetic diversity of crops and plants of great heritage that is not in monocultures. Now there are attempts at a similar concept in a temperate climate (forest gardening) applies. |
