Urban horticulture: a part of the biodiversity picture

1994 ◽  
pp. 361-370
Author(s):  
Harold Tukey
Keyword(s):  
Urban Horticulture

scholarly journals Mite pests in plant crops: Current issues, inovative approaches and possibilities for controlling them: Part 2

2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-132
Author(s):  
Radmila Petanovic ◽  
Dejan Marcic ◽  
Biljana Vidovic
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Integrated Management ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Plant Production ◽  
Biological Control Agents ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Physical Measures ◽  
Urban Horticulture

Part one discusses some principal mite pests in agroecosystems and urban horticulture in European countries, Serbia and its neighbouring countries focusing primarily on issues with regard to plant production, novel methods and approaches in applied acaralogy. Part two displays some major properties of acaricides inhibiting respiration, growth and development and other synthetic substances with acaricide action on the market in the last decade of the 20th century and the first decade of the 21st century. Also some products of natural origin (azadirachtin, oils, micoacaricides) are said to be gaining in importance. Issues with regard to the fact that mites can readily develop resistance to acardicides are discussed and a survey on the results of biochemical, physiological and genetical causes of resistance are analyzed. Some basic principles of biological control of phytophagous mites and modern advances and approaches are discussed as well as current knowledge on host plant resistance to mites. Eventually, the possibility of using a combination of selective acaricides and biological control agents is discussed but also the inclusion of other modes of control (agricultural practices and physical measures) expected to contribute to an integrated management of pest populations.

Urban horticulture: its significance to environmental conservation

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katsumi Ohyama ◽  
Michiko Takagaki ◽  
Hidefumi Kurasaka
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
Urban Horticulture

Diversity of peri-urban horticulture as a development strategy for Beja region

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Hermi Sayari ◽  
A. Gara ◽  
H. Rejeb ◽  
M. Moussa
Keyword(s):  
Development Strategy ◽  
Urban Horticulture

scholarly journals NOVO OLHAR DA PRODUÇÃO E DO CONSUMO DE ALIMENTOS: UMA EXPERIÊNCIA DE HORTA URBANA NO LAR DOS IDOSOS E SEGURANÇA ALIMENTAR (NEW LOOK AT FOOD PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION: AN URBAN HORTICULTURE EXPERIENCE AT THE MIDDLE EAST AND FOOD SAFETY)

2019 ◽  
pp. 173-186
Author(s):  
Maria Lúcia Da Silva Sodré ◽  
Ubirani Oliveira Santos ◽  
Altemar S. Dias
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Field Research ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Nutritional Security ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Food And Nutritional Security ◽  
Cultural Baggage ◽  
Urban Horticulture

RESUMO:O objetivo aqui proposto foi demostrar a experiência da produção e consumo de hortaliças no lar dos idosos localizado em Cruz das Almas, BA. Metodologicamente, foi desenvolvida uma pesquisa de campo, com entrevistas semiestruturadas. Anterior a este processo foi construída a horta. Os principais resultados apontaram que os alimentos produzidos além de representar acesso ao consumo de alimentos livres de agroquímicos, que proporcionou segurança alimentar e nutricional, retrataram ainda histórias de vidas dos internos, as lembranças familiares, à memória de um tempo que desenvolvia atividades no campo. E assim, com fortes referências da sua identidade, muitas das quais, pautadas em questões subjetivas e simbólicas, aproveitando sua bagagem cultural no território urbano.Palavras-chave: referências identitárias, terceira idade, produção agroecológica. ABSTRACT:The objective here was to demonstrate the experience of the production and consumption of vegetables in the home of the elderly located in Cruz das Almas, BA. Methodologically, a field research was developed, with semi-structured interviews. Prior to this process the vegetable garden was built. The main results pointed out that the food produced besides representing access to the consumption of food free of agrochemicals, which provided food and nutritional security, also portrayed histories of the inmates' lives, the familiar memories, the memory of a time that developed activities in the field. And so, with strong references of their identity, many of them, based on subjective and symbolic issues, taking advantage of their cultural baggage in the urban territory.Keywords: identity references, third age, agroecological production.

scholarly journals Impetus of urban horticulture on open spaces: case of Mutare City

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-37
Author(s):  
Vitalis Basera ◽  
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Absai Chakaipa ◽  
Phamella Dube ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Agriculture ◽  
Social Scientist ◽  
Multiple Response ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Income Generation ◽  
Agricultural Activities ◽  
Open Spaces ◽  
Analyse Data ◽  
Explicit Motivation ◽  
Urban Horticulture

Purpose: To understand the impetus of urban horticulture in the Mutare city with explicit motivation on low density areas. Research methodology: The investigation was quantitative in nature, and used a random sample of urban farmers in Mutare city low density areas. The Statistical Package for Social Scientist (SPSS Version 23) was used to analyse data from the questionnaires. Results: The results reveal that Mutare urban agricultural activities are driven by the need for food self-sufficient, income generation and utilisation of urban open spaces. Limitations: The research had limitations on the sample size and also needed to factor in other multiple response questions. Contributions: The findings are useful to urbanites, urban planners, developmental agents and authorities in the development of urban agriculture. Keywords: Urban horticulture, Urban agriculture, Mutare, Impetus, Food security

scholarly journals A Web Site for Urban Horticulture: Meeting Increasing Demands with Decreasing Resources

1998 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 242
Author(s):  
Lucy K. Bradley ◽  
Jean C. Stutz
Keyword(s):  
Web Site ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Service Access ◽  
Delivery Method ◽  
Maricopa County ◽  
The Public ◽  
Environmentally Responsible ◽  
Text Information ◽  
Self Service ◽  
Urban Horticulture

The Univ. of Arizona Cooperative Extension home horticulture World Wide Web site for Maricopa County, “Environmentally responsible gardening and landscaping in the low desert,” provides the public with timely, research-based, regionally appropriate information. This delivery method enables self-service access to prepared text information and high-quality images that could not be economically distributed via traditional print methods, and interactive opportunities for submitting questions.

scholarly journals Chinampas: An Urban Farming Model of the Aztecs and a Potential Solution for Modern Megalopolis

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roland Ebel
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Canal Water ◽  
Community Initiatives ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Considerable Portion ◽  
Productive Potential ◽  
History Of ◽  
Sustainable System ◽  
Urban Horticulture

Urban horticulture is not as new as many people think. Throughout history, different techniques have been used to ensure sustainable urban agricultural production. A good example of this is the chinampa system, which was developed during the time of the Aztecs in the region of Lake Xochimilco, south of Mexico City. A chinampa is a raised field on a small artificial island on a freshwater lake surrounded by canals and ditches. Farmers use local vegetation and mud to construct chinampas. Fences made of a native willow [bonpland willow (Salix bonplandiana)] protect the chinampa from wind, pests, and erosion. The dominating crops are vegetables and ornamentals. The canal water that rises through capillarity to the crops reduces the need for additional irrigation. A considerable portion of the fertility in the soils is system-immanent and generated in the aquatic components of the chinampa. Complex rotations and associations allow up to seven harvests per year. Chinampas also provide ecosystem services, particularly greenhouse gas sequestration and biodiversity diversification, and they offer high recreational potential. Recently, research and community initiatives have been performed to try to recover the productive potential of chinampas and align this sustainable system with the needs of the 21st century. In other parts of the world, some with a history of raised field agriculture, similar efforts are being made. The chinampa model could help supply food and ecosystem services in large cities on or near swamplands, large rivers, or lakes.

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