Home gardens, also known as forest gardens, are found in humid areas. They use inter-cropping planting of trees, crops, and livestock on the same land. In Kerala in South India as well as in northeastern India, they are the most common form of land use, they are also found in Indonesia, One example combines coconut, pepper, chocolate, black and pineapple.
In many African countries, like Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, a large park in rural, suburban and urban areas and they playimportant role in building food security. The most famous is the Chaga or Chagga gardens on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. This is an excellent example of agroforestry systems. In many countries, women are the main actors in home gardening and food mainly produced for subsistence.
In Nepal, the garden house, is really known in Nepali as Ghar Bagaincha, referring to the traditional system of land use around the homestead, where several types of plants that grow and maintained by members of the household and their products mainly intended for family consumption. The “park” a term often considered synonymous to the kitchen garden. However, they differ in terms of function, size, composition, diversity, and features. In Nepal, 72% of households have a spacious home park 2-11% of total land ownership. Because of its small size, the government has never identified home gardens as an important unit of food production and thus keep neglected from the research and development. However, at the household level is very important because the system is an important source of food quality and nutrition for the rural poor and, therefore, is an important contributor to household food security and livelihoods of farming communities in Nepal. They are usually planted with a mixture of annual crops and plants that can be harvested on a daily or seasonal. Biodiversity that has immediate value maintained in home gardenss as women and children have easy access to food preferences, and for this reason alone we should promote home gardens as a key element to a healthy lifestyle. home park, with intensive use and a few, provide a safety net for households when food is scarce. This park is not only an important source of food, fodder, medicines, fuel, spices, herbs, flowers of building materials, and income in many countries, they are also important for in situ conservation of various types ofunique genetic resources for food and agriculture. Many cultivated, as well as neglected and underutilized species can make an important contribution to the diversity of local food.
In addition to food in times of difficulty, home gardens and promote community involvement-whole-family during the feeding process. Children, parents, and those who care for them to participate in the agricultural center of the field, combined with the tasks of other households and scheduling. This tradition has existed in many cultures around the world for thousands of years.
example of this park from polyculture, and conserve crop genetic diversity and heritage that are not found in many plants in these monoculture. Now there are attempts to apply similar concepts in temperate climates.