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Vegetable gardens and their impact on the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals

J. D. H. Keatinge AVRDC-The World Vegetable Center, P.O. Box 42, Shanhua, Tainan, 74199, TaiwanM. L. Chadha State Farmers Commission, CCS Harayana Agricultural University, Hisar, 125004, IndiaJ. d’A. Hughes AVRDC-The World Vegetable Center, P.O. Box 42, Shanhua, Tainan, 74199, TaiwanW. Easdown AVRDC, ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad, A.P, IndiaR. Holmer AVRDC, 4/F Research and Development Bldg., Kasetsart University, Bangkhen, Bangkok, 10903, ThailandA. Tenkouano AVRDC, B.P. 320, Bamako, MaliRay-Yu Yang AVRDC-The World Vegetable Center, P.O. Box 42, Shanhua, Tainan, 74199, TaiwanR. Mavlyanova AVRDC, P.O. Box 4564, Tashkent, 10000, UzbekistanS. Neave AVRDC, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Private Mail Bag, Suva, FijiVictor Afari‐Sefa AVRDC, P.O. Box 10, Duluti, Arusha, TanzaniaG. Luther AVRDC-The World Vegetable Center, P.O. Box 42, Shanhua, Tainan, 74199, TaiwanM. Ravishankar AVRDC, ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad, A.P, IndiaChris O. Ojiewo AVRDC, P.O. Box 10, Duluti, Arusha, TanzaniaMatheus Dias Belarmino AVRDC, P.O. Box 10, Duluti, Arusha, TanzaniaAndreas W. Ebert AVRDC-The World Vegetable Center, P.O. Box 42, Shanhua, Tainan, 74199, TaiwanJ. F. Wang AVRDC-The World Vegetable Center, P.O. Box 42, Shanhua, Tainan, 74199, TaiwanLuke Lin AVRDC-The World Vegetable Center, P.O. Box 42, Shanhua, Tainan, 74199, Taiwan

Biological Agriculture & Horticulturejournal2012en

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Abstract The attainment of the Millennium Development Goals is at severe risk, owing to rising malnutrition and high child stunting and mortality rates, greater poverty, a large increase in the incidence of noncommunicable diseases, and lack of progress in women's empowerment. Here, the role of vegetable home, school, community, and disaster recovery gardens as a pro-poor and pro-environment intervention in the developing world is reviewed. This includes the contribution of vegetable gardens in improving food and nutritional security, generating additional income, providing employment, contributing to better health, and helping to empower disadvantaged groups in society. The implications of global research in the tropics and subtropics over the last 20–30 years are assessed over a wide geographic and linguistic range. The effectiveness and sustainability of such interventions are considered in the light of their contribution to the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals. Suggestions for potential new directions for research are made, and a call for better integration of effort in research and development between the agriculture, nutrition, and health sectors is presented as a key issue if rapid development progress is to be made and sustained. Keywords: dietfood productionmalnutritionMillennium Development Goalsvegetable gardens Acknowledgements AVRDC would like to acknowledge the generous funding provided by all its donors in the execution of this work and in particular the governments of the Republic of China, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Australia, and the Federal Republic of Germany.

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Child Nutrition and Water Access Urban Agriculture and Sustainability Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact

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DOI: 10.1080/01448765.2012.681344

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