Table 1 Home gardens’ functions recognized by their owners in Comalcalco, Tabasco, México
Dimension | Code | Description |
|---|---|---|
Socio-cultural | f1 | Provide space for ludic, artistic, reflexive, relaxing and sport activities |
f2 | Contribute socio-cultural elements for food sovereignty | |
f3 | Beautify the direct family and community environment | |
f4 | Strengthen family/community cohesion through common activities | |
f5 | Generate positive emotions and feelings | |
f6 | Strengthen human relations through gifts and exchange of products | |
f7 | Equitably sharing tasks in HG maintenance | |
f8 | Maintain cultural heritage | |
f9 | Maintain ecological knowledge and wisdom | |
f10 | Ambience to transmit contemporary knowledge to new generations | |
f11 | Site for family and community traditions | |
f12 | Provide ingredients for culinary traditions | |
Ecologic | f13 | Provide mineral nutrients from soil and water |
f14 | Provide food and living space for wildlife | |
f15 | Conserve agrobiodiversity | |
f16 | Filter atmospheric contamination | |
f17 | Attract regional rainfall | |
f18 | Free oxygen, absorb carbon dioxide and produce biomass | |
f19 | Equilibrate provision of nutrients by providing organic matter | |
f20 | Maintain soils’ physical-chemical properties | |
f21 | Mitigate the impact of strong winds | |
f22 | Provide variation in microclimate | |
f23 | Receive and disperse seeds | |
f24 | Regulate physiological conditions of establishing, juvenile plants | |
F25 | Regulate temperature through transpiration and filtering radiation | |
F26 | Rehabilitate tree cover | |
Economic | F27 | Provide products for selling to contribute to income |
F28 | Contribute economically to food sovereignty | |
F29 | Facilitate the continuous availability of wood for local use | |
F30 | Provide a diversity of products through the year | |
F31 | Provide plants for use in agriculture (tools) | |
F32 | Provide plants for the production of handicrafts | |
F33 | Provide edible plants | |
F34 | Provide plants for domestic uses (utensils) | |
F35 | Provide wood | |
F36 | Provide medicinal plants | |
F37 | Provide ornamental plants | |
F38 | Provide plants for other uses |