Home Gardens in Three Mountain Regions of the Iberian Peninsula: Description, Motivation for Gardening, and Gross Financial Benefits

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 249-270

  Reyes García, Victoria ^a   Aceituno, Laura ^b   Vila, Sara ^c   Calvet Mir, Laura ^a   Garnatje, Teresa ^d   Jesch, Alexandra ^e   Lastra, Juan José ^c   Parada, Montserrat ^f   Rigat, Montserrat ^f   Vallès, Joan ^f   Pardo De Santayana, Manuel ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT BOTÀNIC DE BARCELONA IBB CSIC ICUB   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catalan Pyrenees; Central Asturias; gross value; kitchen gardens; Sierra Norte de Madrid; vegetables

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856863023     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: 15407578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10440046.2011.627987     Document Type: Article

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