The value of agricultural biodiversity in Hungarian home gardens: agri-environmental policies in a transitional economy
cg.coverage.country | Hungary | en_US |
cg.coverage.region | Eastern Europe | en_US |
cg.coverage.region | Europe | en_US |
cg.creator.identifier | Ekin Birol: 0000-0002-1062-1615 | en_US |
cg.identifier.project | IFPRI - Environment and Production Technology Division | en_US |
cg.identifier.url | http://bioecon-network.org/pages/4th_2003/Birol_Gyovai.pdf?LMCL=KYTMpj | en_US |
cg.isijournal | ISI Journal | en_US |
cg.reviewStatus | Peer Review | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Birol, Ekin | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Smale, Melinda | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Gyovai, Agnes | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2025-01-29T12:59:37Z | en_US |
dc.date.available | 2025-01-29T12:59:37Z | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/172240 | en_US |
dc.title | The value of agricultural biodiversity in Hungarian home gardens: agri-environmental policies in a transitional economy | en_US |
dcterms.abstract | Agricultural 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.accessRights | Limited Access | en_US |
dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Birol, 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=KYTMpj | en_US |
dcterms.issued | 2006 | en_US |
dcterms.language | en | en_US |
dcterms.replaces | https://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/1450 | en_US |
dcterms.subject | agrobiodiversity | en_US |
dcterms.subject | in situ conservation | en_US |
dcterms.subject | biodiversity | en_US |
dcterms.subject | economic situation | en_US |
dcterms.subject | small farms | en_US |
dcterms.subject | smallholders | en_US |
dcterms.subject | domestic gardens | en_US |
dcterms.subject | food security | en_US |
dcterms.subject | rural population | en_US |
dcterms.subject | environmental factors | en_US |
dcterms.type | Conference Paper | en_US |