Essays about: "Homestead gardening"

Found 3 essays containing the words Homestead gardening.

1. 1. Homestead gardening in rural Bangladesh : women’s contribution to sustainable local food system and security

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Khondaker Nusrat Sharmin Tumpa; [2023]
   Keywords : Homestead gardening; sustainable; food system; food security; women;

   Abstract : This thesis presents qualitative research to explore women’s contribution to sustainable food systems and security through homestead gardening in rural Bangladesh. In rural Bangladesh, women frequently undertake homestead gardening, a traditional and widespread practice of producing different vegetables and rearing domestic animals in a small plot of land beside their house. READ MORE

3. 2. Villages in the urban landscape : reconfiguration of the local urban communities through community gardens and homestead associations in the heart of Stockholm

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Arvid Stiernström; [2013]
   Keywords : Local community; meaning and practice; urban agriculture; belonging; social movements; Homestead association; Political action;

   Abstract : Across Sweden different initiatives are currently forming urban based local groups or networks, engage in local, sustainable development and transformation of their local community. Guerrilla and community gardening, culture and art projects, environmental transition initiatives and platforms for local democracy, are projects that all seem to indicate that a local community landscape is on the rise within the urban areas of Sweden. READ MORE

4. 3. Opportunities and challenges of urban and peri-urban forestry and greening in Bangladesh : Dhaka city as a case

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

   Author : Mohammad Nayeem Aziz Ansari; [2008]
   Keywords : urban and peri-urban forestry and greening UPFG ; developing countries; mega cities; Dhaka; city beautification; agro-forestry;

   Abstract : This research discusses the opportunities and challenges of the urban and peri-urban forestry and greening (UPFG) in Bangladesh taken Dhaka city, the capital of Bangladesh as a case. The conceptual overview of UPFG, overall description of the present status of green resources in and around Dhaka city as well as current efforts for greening were the background to propose the ways to transforming the mega city Dhaka into a greener tropical metropolis in the long run. READ MORE