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Table 1 The key characteristics of a typical home garden

From: Home gardens: a promising approach to enhance household food security and wellbeing

Characteristic

General practice

Species density

High

Species type

Staples, vegetables, fruits, medicinal plants

Production objective

Home consumption

Labor source

Family (women, elderly, children)

Labor requirements

Part-time

Harvest frequency

Daily, seasonal

Space utilization

Horizontal and vertical

Location

Near dwelling

Cropping pattern

Irregular and row

Technology

Simple hand tools

Input-cost

Low

Distribution

Rural and urban areas

Skills

Gardening and horticultural skills

Assistance

None or minor

  1. Source: Niñez [3].