Homegarden agroforestry systems in achievement of Sustainable Development Goals. A review

R Sharma, U Mina, BM Kumar - Agronomy for sustainable development, 2022 - Springer
Homegarden, a type of agroforestry system, is one of the earliest thriving traditional food
systems reported. Studying the contribution of homegardens in the context of Sustainable …

Agroforestry systems: Meta‐analysis of soil carbon stocks, sequestration processes, and future potentials

L Shi, W Feng, J Xu, Y Kuzyakov - Land Degradation & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Agroforestry (AF) has the potential to restore degraded lands, provide a broader range of
ecosystem goods and services such as carbon (C) sequestration and high biodiversity, and …

Are the major imperatives of food security missing in ecosystem services research?

GS Cruz-Garcia, E Sachet, M Vanegas, K Piispanen - Ecosystem Services, 2016 - Elsevier
It has been widely recognized that food security depends on the sustainable use and
provisioning of ecosystem services. The goal of this paper is to present an overview of the …

Urban sustainability science: prospects for innovations through a system's perspective, relational and transformations' approaches: This article belongs to Ambio's …

N Frantzeskaki, T McPhearson, N Kabisch - Ambio, 2021 - Springer
In this perspective, we present how three initial landmark papers on urban sustainability
research contributed to the larger sustainability science scholarship and paved the way for …

Quantification of carbon stock and tree diversity of homegardens in a dry zone area of Moneragala district, Sri Lanka

E Mattsson, M Ostwald, SP Nissanka… - Agroforestry …, 2015 - Springer
Homegarden agroforestry systems are suggested to hold a large potential for climate
change mitigation and adaptation. This is due to their multifunctional role in providing …

Assessing the potential of agroforestry in Nepal: socio-economic and environmental perspectives

A Dhakal, TN Maraseni, J Timsina - … and food security: lessons from Nepal, 2022 - Springer
Raising trees in and around farmlands with field crops (agroforestry) is an age-old farming
practice in Nepal. However, modern agriculture has overshadowed tree-based farming as it …

[HTML][HTML] Ten important questions/issues for ethnobotanical research

UP Albuquerque, ALB Nascimento, GT Soldati… - Acta Botanica …, 2019 - SciELO Brasil
For at least 30 years researchers have called for a deeper reflection on the paths we desire
for ethnobotanical research. Although the discipline of ethnobotany is growing, as measured …

Homegardens as a modern carbon storage: Assessment of tree diversity and above-ground biomass of homegardens in Matale district, Sri Lanka

WAM Lowe, G Silva, D Pushpakumara - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2022 - Elsevier
Homegardens are principally known as integrated man-made ecosystems with annuals and
perennials where trees play a significant role in storing atmospheric carbon in the vegetation …

What is good about Sri Lankan homegardens with regards to food security? A synthesis of the current scientific knowledge of a multifunctional land-use system

E Mattsson, M Ostwald, SP Nissanka - Agroforestry Systems, 2018 - Springer
Recently, there has been growing interest in agroforestry systems due to their great potential
to mitigate threats to household food and nutrition security from soaring food prices but also …

Are cascade reservoir systems sustainable agroecosystems? A comparative assessment of efficiency, effectiveness and resource footprint in a Sri Lankan micro …

S Sirimanna, K Kahathuduwa, DVP Prasada - Agricultural Systems, 2022 - Elsevier
CONTEXT Sri Lankan village tank cascades have been classified as a globally important
agricultural heritage system (GIAHS) in 2018. Yet, a systematic benchmark of the …