Reproduced, with permission, from:
Mathias-Mundy, E., O. Machena, G. McKiernan, and P. Mundy. 1992. Indigenous technical knowledge of private tree management: A bibliographic report. Studies in Technology and Social Change no. 22. Ames, IA: Technology and Social Change Program, Iowa State University.
Box 2.3 Publications on homegardens
Excellent sources are Brownrigg's (1985) review of the literature on homegardens and Landauer and Brazil's (1990) anthology on tropical homegardens. Other publications on specific regions include:
- Indonesia: Abdoellah and Marten 1986; Atmosoedaryo and Wijayakusuamah 1980:123-125; Christanty et al. 1986; Freeman and Fricke 1984; Kartasubrata 1988; Michon et al. 1986; Soemarwoto 1984; Soemarwoto and Conway 1991; Terra 1953, 1954; Bompard et al. 1980; Michon 1983; Michon et al. 1983; Poel and Dijk 1987; Stoler 1981; Wiersum 1982.
- South Asia: Kandyan gardens in Sri Lanka (Jacob and Alles 1987); homestead agroforestry in Bangladesh (Leuschner and Khaleque 1987) and Kerala, India (Nair and Sreedharan 1986, Salam and Sreekumar 1991).
- West Africa: Compound farms (Cantor 1985:8-11; Lagemann 1977:32; Okigbo 1977:134, 1982:43).
- East Africa: Chagga homegardens of Kilimanjaro (Fernandes et al. 1984; O'kting'ati et al. 1984).
- Mesoamerica: dooryard gardens in Mesoamerica (Wilken 1987:250), and of the Maya (Smith and Cameron 1977, Rico-Gray et al. 1990) and Huastec Indians in Mexico (Alconr 1981;406 ff.). Home or kitchen gardens in Mexico (Gliessman 1984; Gomez-Pompa and Kraus 1990:49-50; Gonzales-Jacome 1981).
- West Indies: kitchen gardens (Brierly 1976; Fredrich 1975); Dooryard gardens in Puerto Rico (Kimber 1973).
- South America: dooryard gardens of the Yukpa (Ruddle 1974:133-138) and Bora (Denevan and Treacy 1987:37-40) Indians. Household gardens in Yurimaguas, Peru (Rhoades and Bidegaray 1987:73-76), in Santa Rosa, Peru (Padoch and de Jong 1991), and of the Karinya in Venezuela (Denevan and Schwerin 1987:33-36).