Review paper on ‘Garden Kits’ in Africa: lessons learned and the potential of improved water management
The purpose of this paper is to synthesize the available knowledge and lessons learned from past experiences in promoting kitchen or home gardens for food production, with a special emphasis on water management. The benefits of home gardens for better family nutrition, health status of children and...
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International Water Management Institute
2014
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| author | Merrey, Douglas J. Langan, Simon J. |
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| description | The purpose of this paper is to synthesize the available knowledge and lessons learned from past experiences in promoting kitchen or home gardens for food production, with a special emphasis on water management. The benefits of home gardens for better family nutrition, health status of children and mothers, and as an entry point for empowering women have been documented in some studies. However, there is very little specific evidence to confirm these benefits. The paper also reviews some of the water management practices and garden technologies used in home and market gardens. It recommends building on current home gardening practices, starting with diagnostic appraisals of actual gardening practices, and moving on to participatory action research focused on evaluating promising water management technologies and testing implementation of strategies that empower women. |
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| spelling | CGSpace653522025-11-07T08:44:44Z Review paper on ‘Garden Kits’ in Africa: lessons learned and the potential of improved water management Merrey, Douglas J. Langan, Simon J. gender water management rainwater water harvesting domestic gardens vegetable growing guidelines domestic water households wastewater small scale farming irrigation systems drip irrigation economic development sustainability food production plant nutrition women The purpose of this paper is to synthesize the available knowledge and lessons learned from past experiences in promoting kitchen or home gardens for food production, with a special emphasis on water management. The benefits of home gardens for better family nutrition, health status of children and mothers, and as an entry point for empowering women have been documented in some studies. However, there is very little specific evidence to confirm these benefits. The paper also reviews some of the water management practices and garden technologies used in home and market gardens. It recommends building on current home gardening practices, starting with diagnostic appraisals of actual gardening practices, and moving on to participatory action research focused on evaluating promising water management technologies and testing implementation of strategies that empower women. 2014 2015-04-30T13:42:45Z 2015-04-30T13:42:45Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/65352 en Open Access application/pdf International Water Management Institute Merrey, D. J.; Langan, Simon. 2014. Review paper on ‘Garden Kits’ in Africa: lessons learned and the potential of improved water management. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI).. 60p. (IWMI Working Paper 162) doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2015.202 |
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| title | Review paper on ‘Garden Kits’ in Africa: lessons learned and the potential of improved water management |
| title_full | Review paper on ‘Garden Kits’ in Africa: lessons learned and the potential of improved water management |
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| title_short | Review paper on ‘Garden Kits’ in Africa: lessons learned and the potential of improved water management |
| title_sort | review paper on garden kits in africa lessons learned and the potential of improved water management |
| topic | gender water management rainwater water harvesting domestic gardens vegetable growing guidelines domestic water households wastewater small scale farming irrigation systems drip irrigation economic development sustainability food production plant nutrition women |
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