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

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cg.coverage.countryHungary
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2HU
cg.coverage.regionEastern Europe
cg.coverage.regionEurope
cg.creator.identifierEkin Birol: 0000-0002-1062-1615en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Environment and Production Technology Divisionen
cg.identifier.urlhttp://bioecon-network.org/pages/4th_2003/Birol_Gyovai.pdf?LMCL=KYTMpjen
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorBirol, Ekinen
dc.contributor.authorSmale, Melindaen
dc.contributor.authorGyovai, Agnesen
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-29T12:59:37Zen
dc.date.available2025-01-29T12:59:37Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/172240
dc.titleThe value of agricultural biodiversity in Hungarian home gardens: agri-environmental policies in a transitional economyen
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
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
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
dcterms.issued2006en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/1450en
dcterms.subjectagrobiodiversityen
dcterms.subjectin situ conservationen
dcterms.subjectbiodiversityen
dcterms.subjecteconomic situationen
dcterms.subjectsmall farmsen
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen
dcterms.subjectdomestic gardensen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.subjectrural populationen
dcterms.subjectenvironmental factorsen
dcterms.typeConference Paper

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