The value of agricultural biodiversity in Hungarian home gardens: agri-environmental policies in a transitional economy

cg.coverage.countryHungaryen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Europeen_US
cg.coverage.regionEuropeen_US
cg.creator.identifierEkin Birol: 0000-0002-1062-1615en_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Environment and Production Technology Divisionen_US
cg.identifier.urlhttp://bioecon-network.org/pages/4th_2003/Birol_Gyovai.pdf?LMCL=KYTMpjen_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
dc.contributor.authorBirol, Ekinen_US
dc.contributor.authorSmale, Melindaen_US
dc.contributor.authorGyovai, Agnesen_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-29T12:59:37Zen_US
dc.date.available2025-01-29T12:59:37Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/172240en_US
dc.titleThe value of agricultural biodiversity in Hungarian home gardens: agri-environmental policies in a transitional economyen_US
dcterms.abstractAgricultural biodiversity is an environmental resource. Much of the agricultural biodiversity remaining in situ today is found on the semi-subsistence farms of poorer countries and the small-scale farms or home gardens of more industrialized nations. The traditional small farms of Hungary are labelled “home gardens” as a reflection of their institutional identity during the collectivisation period. Homesteads managed with family labor, they continue to serve essential food security and diet quality functions during economic transition. Home gardens contribute to the preservation of rural settlements and cultural heritage, and they contain relatively high levels of several components of agricultural biodiversity. The role of home gardens in the agri-environmental program that is now being formulated by Hungary and the European Union has not been elucidated, though the stated goal of these policies is to support multifunctional agriculture. This study estimates the private value that Hungarian farmers assign to home gardens and their biodiversity attributes, and indicates how such information might be used in designing least-cost mechanisms to support their maintenance as part of the national agri-environmental program.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Accessen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBirol, Ekin; Smale, Melinda; Gyovai, Agnes. 2006. The value of agricultural biodiversity in Hungarian home gardens: agri-environmental policies in a transitional economy. Environmental and Resource Economics 34: 439-469. http://bioecon-network.org/pages/4th_2003/Birol_Gyovai.pdf?LMCL=KYTMpjen_US
dcterms.issued2006en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/1450en_US
dcterms.subjectagrobiodiversityen_US
dcterms.subjectin situ conservationen_US
dcterms.subjectbiodiversityen_US
dcterms.subjecteconomic situationen_US
dcterms.subjectsmall farmsen_US
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen_US
dcterms.subjectdomestic gardensen_US
dcterms.subjectfood securityen_US
dcterms.subjectrural populationen_US
dcterms.subjectenvironmental factorsen_US
dcterms.typeConference Paperen_US

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