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The management of home gardens on a widescale basis is reviewed and examples of specific systems are presented. Opportunities for improvement are presented and recommendations for research are given. Because of the contribution to supply food and goods to millions of people, the home gardens should play a more important role in development programs and more organized and directed research should be provided. This should contribute greatly to the yield from these land use systems.
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Mergen, F. Research opportunities to improve the production of homegardens. Agroforest Syst 5, 57–67 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00046413
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