TY - JOUR
T1 - Designing a horticultural intervention to improve food security
T2 - evaluation of mulching practices using sustainability indicators
AU - Domínguez-Hernández, Elisa
AU - Hernández-Aguilar, Claudia
AU - Domínguez-Hernández, Martha Elena
AU - Domínguez-Pacheco, Flavio Arturo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2020/10/20
Y1 - 2020/10/20
N2 - The present project was aimed toward obtaining a model of sustainable gardening practices for a horticultural intervention (HI) in Ahuazotepec, México. Different mulching materials (sand, compost, plastic, and sawdust) were evaluated in terms of sustainability and food and nutrition security using a set of locally relevant multidimensional indicators. A vegetable production field-test was established and monitored during two seasons. The global sustainability of the treatments was in the order of Compost>Plastic>Sand>Sawdust. Compost mulch was an economic, environmental, and socially sustainable option to improve vegetable and nutrient yields, and thus can be recommended for an HI in low-input systems.
AB - The present project was aimed toward obtaining a model of sustainable gardening practices for a horticultural intervention (HI) in Ahuazotepec, México. Different mulching materials (sand, compost, plastic, and sawdust) were evaluated in terms of sustainability and food and nutrition security using a set of locally relevant multidimensional indicators. A vegetable production field-test was established and monitored during two seasons. The global sustainability of the treatments was in the order of Compost>Plastic>Sand>Sawdust. Compost mulch was an economic, environmental, and socially sustainable option to improve vegetable and nutrient yields, and thus can be recommended for an HI in low-input systems.
KW - Food and nutrition security
KW - mulching
KW - sustainability indicators
KW - transdisciplinary
KW - vegetable production
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85077885405&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/21683565.2019.1711288
DO - 10.1080/21683565.2019.1711288
M3 - Artículo
SN - 2168-3565
VL - 44
SP - 1212
EP - 1242
JO - Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
JF - Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
IS - 9
ER -
