Agri-environmental policies in a transitional economy: the value of agricultural biodiversity in Hungarian home gardens
Agricultural biodiversity is an environmental resource. Much of the agricultural biodiversity remaining in situ today is found on the semi-subsistence farms of poorer countries and the small-scale farms or home gardens of more industrialized nations. The traditional small farms of Hungary are labell...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2004
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| author | Birol, Ekin Smale, Melinda Gyovai, Agnes |
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| description | Agricultural biodiversity is an environmental resource. Much of the agricultural biodiversity remaining in situ today is found on the semi-subsistence farms of poorer countries and the small-scale farms or home gardens of more industrialized nations. The traditional small farms of Hungary are labelled “home gardens” as a reflection of their institutional identity during the collectivisation period. Homesteads managed with family labor, they continue to serve essential food security and diet quality functions during economic transition. Home gardens contribute to the preservation of rural settlements and cultural heritage, and they contain relatively high levels of several components of agricultural biodiversity. The role of home gardens in the agri-environmental program that is now being formulated by Hungary and the European Union has not been elucidated, though the stated goal of these policies is to support multifunctional agriculture. This study estimates the private value that Hungarian farmers assign to home gardens and their biodiversity attributes, and indicates how such information might be used in designing least-cost mechanisms to support their maintenance as part of the national agri-environmental program. -- Authors' Abstract |
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| spelling | CGSpace1561752025-11-06T06:11:37Z Agri-environmental policies in a transitional economy: the value of agricultural biodiversity in Hungarian home gardens Birol, Ekin Smale, Melinda Gyovai, Agnes agriculture biodiversity small farms domestic gardens food security rural settlement economic situation environmental factors in situ conservation agrobiodiversity Agricultural biodiversity is an environmental resource. Much of the agricultural biodiversity remaining in situ today is found on the semi-subsistence farms of poorer countries and the small-scale farms or home gardens of more industrialized nations. The traditional small farms of Hungary are labelled “home gardens” as a reflection of their institutional identity during the collectivisation period. Homesteads managed with family labor, they continue to serve essential food security and diet quality functions during economic transition. Home gardens contribute to the preservation of rural settlements and cultural heritage, and they contain relatively high levels of several components of agricultural biodiversity. The role of home gardens in the agri-environmental program that is now being formulated by Hungary and the European Union has not been elucidated, though the stated goal of these policies is to support multifunctional agriculture. This study estimates the private value that Hungarian farmers assign to home gardens and their biodiversity attributes, and indicates how such information might be used in designing least-cost mechanisms to support their maintenance as part of the national agri-environmental program. -- Authors' Abstract 2004 2024-10-24T12:43:24Z 2024-10-24T12:43:24Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156175 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Birol, Ekin; Smale, Melinda; Gyovai, Agnes. 2004. Agri-environmental policies in a transitional economy: the value of agricultural biodiversity in Hungarian home gardens. EPTD Discussion Paper 117. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156175 |
| spellingShingle | agriculture biodiversity small farms domestic gardens food security rural settlement economic situation environmental factors in situ conservation agrobiodiversity Birol, Ekin Smale, Melinda Gyovai, Agnes Agri-environmental policies in a transitional economy: the value of agricultural biodiversity in Hungarian home gardens |
| title | Agri-environmental policies in a transitional economy: the value of agricultural biodiversity in Hungarian home gardens |
| title_full | Agri-environmental policies in a transitional economy: the value of agricultural biodiversity in Hungarian home gardens |
| title_fullStr | Agri-environmental policies in a transitional economy: the value of agricultural biodiversity in Hungarian home gardens |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agri-environmental policies in a transitional economy: the value of agricultural biodiversity in Hungarian home gardens |
| title_short | Agri-environmental policies in a transitional economy: the value of agricultural biodiversity in Hungarian home gardens |
| title_sort | agri environmental policies in a transitional economy the value of agricultural biodiversity in hungarian home gardens |
| topic | agriculture biodiversity small farms domestic gardens food security rural settlement economic situation environmental factors in situ conservation agrobiodiversity |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156175 |
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