From: Home gardens: a promising approach to enhance household food security and wellbeing
Constraint | References |
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Limited access to agricultural inputs such as seeds, planting material, tools, and capital | Brownrigg [21]; Niñez [83]; Talukder et al. [72]; Fernandes and Nair [46] |
Shortage of land and lack of land tenure security | Hoogerbrugge and Fresco [11]; Fernandes and Nair [46]; Jose and Shanmugaratnam [132]; Howard [104] |
Inadequate access to water | |
Damage due to insect pests, diseases, animals, and theft | Thaman [133]; Brownrigg [21]; Niñez [83]; Pandey et al. [103] |
Poor environmental conditions | |
Lack of knowledge, information, and advisory services | |
Shortage of family or hired labor | |
Poor soil fertility and soil erosion | |
Limited access to quality livestock breeds | |
Limited marketing opportunities | Howard [104] |
Excessive post-harvest losses | Okafor and Fernandes [30] |
Inadequate research and development on home gardens | Evers, et al. [134] |
Social and cultural Barriers | Marsh [9]; Ninez [83]; Miura et al. [135], Talukder et al. [72] |
Lack of information on nutritional benefits of home gardening |