Home Garden

 Kitchen garden

I) Seasonal food and nutrition supply

I) Seasonal plus off-season use

ii) Site for introduction, experimentation and

domestication

ii) Site for introduction, and experimentation

Iii) Variable in size and design as determined by choice of species (crops Vs trees)

Iii) Size determined by market and family

needs.

iv) The layers consist of root crops and  herbaceous layer-leafy vegetables.

iv) Mostly a single layer of crops.

v) Contains Intermediate and tall layers of busy fruits, forestry, fodder, wood fuel, etc.

v) Dominant species-vegetables

vi) Annual and perennial crops

vi) Mostly seasonal/annual crops.

Vii) Both traditional cultivars and MV present.

Vii) Mostly hybrid/MV seed cultivars.

Viii) Mostly organic based.

Viii) Inorganic and chemicals often used

or overused/misused

ix) Habitats for pollinators and associated.

ix) Less conducive for pollinators.

x) Not a priority area for research and

Development.

x) Priority in development agenda.