Indigenous and traditional foods crops (ITFCs) have multiple uses within society, and most
notably have an important role to play in the attempt to diversify the food in order to enhance …

The concept of ecosystem goods and services is increasingly used to describe how
biodiversity and ecosystems are linked to human well-being and that it should be placed at …

Socioecological theory, developed through the study of urban environments, has recently
led to a proliferation of research focusing on comparative analyses of cities. This research …

Visions of sustainable cities mostly conjure up well tended home and community gardens,
where owners and residents plant fruits and vegetables that supply some of their livelihood …

Home gardens have been recognized as repositories of agricultural biodiversity across the
world. The influence of socioeconomics and location-specific factors on urban gardening …

Rapid urbanization is predicted to take place in Africa in the near future and currently
stressed cities will be even more overburdened in terms of pressure on green areas and …

Agroforestry is as old as agriculture itself. Many of the anecdotal agroforestry practices,
which are time tested and evolved through traditional indigenous knowledge, are still being …

Among the agricultural environments of traditional communities, home gardens are
frequently cited as high agrobiodiversity sites. However, the agrobiodiversity of home …

Homegardens are important refugia for plant biodiversity mainly in degrading landscapes.
However, the factors mediating these roles were little understood, particularly in an agrarian …

Little urban ecological research has been done in South Africa. The papers in the Ecology
and Society special feature Urban Ecological and Social-Ecological Research in the City of …