garden activities in the context of other variables like gender, wealth and ecological region.
The issue of representatives and specialists knowledge is at the heart of the need to apply
gender analysis as an integral part of any program implementing process. Gender is a basic
determinant of representatives because men and women in agricultural societies fulfil such
different roles and responsibilities, and gender therefore, often determines specialized
domains of knowledge related to gender differentiated functions for e.g. vegetable
production as a women’s function,
Gender sensitisation is necessary at all levels of home garden research and development
programs. It is therefore imperative to involve gender in the planning, implementation and
evaluation of home garden activities. Since both male and female perform most of the home
garden activities, it is appropriate for research to consider gender awareness planning in
order to ensure their needs and opportunities. It is also found from the study that the children
have significant contribution in the management of home gardens. Therefore, children
should also be included in awareness raising programs.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Authors would like to thank all who helped to make this study success. We greatly
appreciate the co-operation of the farmers of the home garden area. We are also thankful to
Mrs. Durga Gautam and Mr. Bal Bhadra Poudel for their support during study period as well
as filed assistance. We would like to express our profound gratitude to the International Plant
Genetic Resource Institute (IPGRI) for global home garden coordination and the Swiss
agency for Development and Co-operation (SDC) for their financial support, which allowed
us to carry out the study. The authors sincerely thank Dr. Ram Bahadur Rana for reviewing
the paper.
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