TY - JOUR
T1 - Home Gardens in Three Mountain Regions of the Iberian Peninsula: Description, Motivation for Gardening, and Gross Financial Benefits
AU - Reyes-García, Victoria
AU - Aceituno, Laura
AU - Vila, Sara
AU - Calvet-Mir, Laura
AU - Garnatje, Teresa
AU - Jesch, Alexandra
AU - Lastra, Juan José
AU - Parada, Montserrat
AU - Rigat, Montserrat
AU - Vallès, Joan
AU - Pardo-De-Santayana, Manuel
PY - 2012/2/1
Y1 - 2012/2/1
N2 - Previous research on tropical home gardens stresses their ecological, economic, and social functions. This article a) describes home gardens (n = 252) in three rural areas of the Iberian Peninsula, b) explores motivations for gardening, and c) computes the gross financial benefits of crops in home gardens. Different from tropical gardens, the studied gardens specialize in edible plants, species with other uses being marginally present. Motivations for gardening relate more to people's way of living (i.e., hobby, keeping traditions) than to economic reasons. The average gross financial value of home gardens in our sample is 1,691 €/year/gardener, equivalent to almost three minimal monthly salaries in Spain. Home gardens seem to also provide noneconomic benefits that help explain the maintenance of those agroecosystems. © 2012 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
AB - Previous research on tropical home gardens stresses their ecological, economic, and social functions. This article a) describes home gardens (n = 252) in three rural areas of the Iberian Peninsula, b) explores motivations for gardening, and c) computes the gross financial benefits of crops in home gardens. Different from tropical gardens, the studied gardens specialize in edible plants, species with other uses being marginally present. Motivations for gardening relate more to people's way of living (i.e., hobby, keeping traditions) than to economic reasons. The average gross financial value of home gardens in our sample is 1,691 €/year/gardener, equivalent to almost three minimal monthly salaries in Spain. Home gardens seem to also provide noneconomic benefits that help explain the maintenance of those agroecosystems. © 2012 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
KW - Catalan Pyrenees
KW - Central Asturias
KW - Sierra Norte de Madrid
KW - gross value
KW - kitchen gardens
KW - vegetables
U2 - 10.1080/10440046.2011.627987
DO - 10.1080/10440046.2011.627987
M3 - Article
SN - 1044-0046
VL - 36
SP - 249
EP - 270
JO - Journal of Sustainable Agriculture
JF - Journal of Sustainable Agriculture
ER -