Homestead gardening: A gender-responsive solution for a resilient and food-secure Bangladesh

Homestead gardening (HG) offers a practical, low-cost, and gender-responsive way to improve nutrition and build resilience, especially in climate-stressed regions. With support from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) under the CGIAR Program on Scaling for Impact, homestead gardening is...

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Autores principales: Sarker, Mou Rani, Humaira, Bushra, Ahmed, Sharif, Bhandari, Humnath
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Rice Research Institute 2025
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/178495
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Ahmed, Sharif
Bhandari, Humnath
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Humaira, Bushra
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description Homestead gardening (HG) offers a practical, low-cost, and gender-responsive way to improve nutrition and build resilience, especially in climate-stressed regions. With support from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) under the CGIAR Program on Scaling for Impact, homestead gardening is being introduced and scaled in parts of Patuakhali, Rangpur, and Nilphamari, where households face both climate and nutrition challenges. To date, the initiative has reached about 10,000 women farmers, providing them with seeds, training on composting, crop management, water management, and guidance on growing diverse crops close to home. It simply focuses on enabling women to grow vegetables, fruits, and herbs in small plots around their homes so they can supplement their families’ diets year-round, even during lean seasons or climate shocks.
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spelling CGSpace1784952025-12-27T05:38:18Z Homestead gardening: A gender-responsive solution for a resilient and food-secure Bangladesh Sarker, Mou Rani Humaira, Bushra Ahmed, Sharif Bhandari, Humnath gardening planting density homestead gardening nutrition-sensitive agriculture food security households agriculture vegetable crops vegetable growing women's participation climate-smart agriculture rural development Homestead gardening (HG) offers a practical, low-cost, and gender-responsive way to improve nutrition and build resilience, especially in climate-stressed regions. With support from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) under the CGIAR Program on Scaling for Impact, homestead gardening is being introduced and scaled in parts of Patuakhali, Rangpur, and Nilphamari, where households face both climate and nutrition challenges. To date, the initiative has reached about 10,000 women farmers, providing them with seeds, training on composting, crop management, water management, and guidance on growing diverse crops close to home. It simply focuses on enabling women to grow vegetables, fruits, and herbs in small plots around their homes so they can supplement their families’ diets year-round, even during lean seasons or climate shocks. 2025-11 2025-12-03T17:06:21Z 2025-12-03T17:06:21Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/178495 en Open Access application/pdf International Rice Research Institute Rani Sarker, M., Humaira, B., Ahmed, S., & Bhandari, H. (2025). Homestead gardening: A gender-responsive solution for a resilient and food-secure Bangladesh. Rice Today- International Rice Research Institute, November 2025. 9 p.
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planting density
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nutrition-sensitive agriculture
food security
households
agriculture
vegetable crops
vegetable growing
women's participation
climate-smart agriculture
rural development
Sarker, Mou Rani
Humaira, Bushra
Ahmed, Sharif
Bhandari, Humnath
Homestead gardening: A gender-responsive solution for a resilient and food-secure Bangladesh
title Homestead gardening: A gender-responsive solution for a resilient and food-secure Bangladesh
title_full Homestead gardening: A gender-responsive solution for a resilient and food-secure Bangladesh
title_fullStr Homestead gardening: A gender-responsive solution for a resilient and food-secure Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Homestead gardening: A gender-responsive solution for a resilient and food-secure Bangladesh
title_short Homestead gardening: A gender-responsive solution for a resilient and food-secure Bangladesh
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planting density
homestead gardening
nutrition-sensitive agriculture
food security
households
agriculture
vegetable crops
vegetable growing
women's participation
climate-smart agriculture
rural development
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