Homegarden commercialization

Extent, household characteristics, and effect on food security and food sovereignty in Rural Indonesia

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ID12950385
AutoresOekan S Abdoellah (0000-0002-3640-1485, Padjadjaran University, autor correspondente), M Schneider (0000-0002-9738-8894, Wageningen University & Research), Luthfan Meilana Nugraha (0000-0002-4054-3355, Padjadjaran University), Yusep Suparman (0000-0002-0086-6061, Padjadjaran University), Cisma Tami Voletta (Padjadjaran University), Susanti Withaningsih (0000-0002-5893-0222, Padjadjaran University), Parikesit Parikesit (Padjadjaran University), Amanda Heptiyanggit (Padjadjaran University), Lukman Hakim (0000-0001-7476-1636, Padjadjaran University)
Ano2020
Volume15
Fascículo3
Páginas797-815
Data de publicação2020-03-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSustainability Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1862-4057 • E-ISSN: 1862-4065
EditoraSpringer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1007/s11625-020-00788-9
OpenAlexW3009717775
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas20

Homegardens have long been recognized for contributing to household food security, nutritional status, and ecological sustainability in especially poor, rural areas in low-income countries. However, as markets and policies drive the commercialization of food and farming systems, and of rural livelihoods in general, it becomes increasingly difficult for small-holder farmers to maintain homegarden plots. Rather than autonomous spaces to grow food for self-consumption, farmers are transforming the land around their dwellings into an income-generating space by planting commercial crops for sale in urban and processing markets. The objective of this study was to examine homegarden commercialization in the Upper Citarum Watershed of West Java, Indonesia, and its effects on food security and food sovereignty. We employed a mixed-method approach to survey 81 village households involved in agricultural production. For quantitative analysis, we calculated a “homegarden commercialization index,” and developed indicator frameworks to examine relationships between commercialization, household food security, and food-related decision-making. Accompanied by insights from qualitative interviews, our results show that homegardens are highly commercialized, which contributes to the spread of monocultural production in the region. We argue that homegardens should be included and supported in food, agricultural, health, environmental, and rural development policy, in Indonesia and generally

Agricultural economics · Agriculture · Business · Commercialization · Economic growth · Economics · Food processing · Food security · Food sovereignty · Geography · Livelihood · Political science · Sustainability · Sustainable development · Food Security and Socioeconomic Dynamics · Urban Agriculture and Sustainability · Ecology · Marketing