Overview

This book critically assesses the role of agrobiodiversity in school gardens and its contribution to diversifying diets, promoting healthy eating habits and improving nutrition among schoolchildren as well as other benefits relating to climate change adaptation, ecoliteracy and greening school spaces. Many schoolchildren suffer from various forms of malnutrition and it is important to address their nutritional status given the effects it has on their health, cognition, and subsequently their educational achievement. Schools are recognized as excellent platforms for promoting lifelong healthy eating and improving long-term, sustainable nutrition security required for optimum educational outcomes. This book reveals the multiple benefits of school gardens for improving nutrition and education for children and their families. It examines issues such as school feeding, community food production, school gardening, nutritional education and the promotion of agrobiodiversity, and draws on international case studies, from both developed and developing nations, to provide a comprehensive global assessment. This book will be essential reading for those interested in promoting agrobiodiversity, sustainable nutrition and healthy eating habits in schools and public institutions more generally. It identifies recurring and emerging issues, establishes best practices, identifies key criteria for success and advises on strategies for scaling up and scaling out elements to improve the uptake of school gardens.

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Author:   Danny Hunter (Bioversity International, Rome, Italy) ,  Emilita Monville-Oro ,  Bessie Burgos ,  Carmen Nyhria Roel
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.512kg
ISBN:  

9780367148867

ISBN 10:   0367148862
Pages:   302
Publication Date:   17 March 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. School gardens: Multiple functions and multiple outcomes JULIAN GONSALVES, DANNY HUNTER, NINA LAURIDSEN 2. Schools as a system to improve nutrition STINEKE OENEMA, LESLEY DRAKE, KAIA ENGESVEEN, ANDREA POLO GALANTE, DANNY HUNTER, DAVID RYCKEMBUSCH, LUANA SWENSSON, FLORENCE TARTANAC 3. Strategies in integrating food and nutrition in the primary school curriculum MARIA THERESA M. TALAVERA, AILEEN R. DE JURAS 4. Linking school gardens, school feeding and nutrition education in the Philippines EMILITA MONVILLE-ORO, IMELDA ANGELES-AGDEPPA, IRISH P. BAGUILAT, JULIAN F. GONSALVES, MARIO V. CAPANZANA 5. School gardens in Nepal: design, piloting and scaling DHRUBA RAJ BHATTARAI, PEPIJN SCHREINEMACHERS 6. Trees nurture nutrition: An insight on how to integrate locally available tree food and crop species in school gardens STEPHA MCMULLIN, BARBARA STADLMAYR, ERICK NGETHE, BRENDAH WEKESA, KEN NJOGU, AGNES GACHUIRI, BEN MBAYA, AGNES KATIWA, RAMNI JAMNADASS 7. The role of school gardens as conservation networks for tree genetic resources FRANCESCA GRAZIOLI, MUHABBAT TURDIEVA, CHRIS J. KETTLE 8. The impact of school gardens on nutrition outcomes in low-income countries PEPIJN SCHREINEMACHERS, RAY-YU YANG, DHRUBA RAJ BHATTARAJ, BAL BDR RAI, MAMOUNATA SANDAOGO OUEDRAOGO 9. Parent Engagement in Sustaining the Nutritional Gains from School-plus-Home Gardens and School-based Feeding Programs in the Philippines: The Case of Laguna Province BLESILDA M. CALUB, LEILA S. AFRICA, BESSIE M. BURGOS 10. Scaling up the Integrated School Nutrition Model in the Philippines: Experiences and Lessons Learned EMILITA MONVILLE-ORO, IMELDA ANGELES-AGDEPPA, IRISH P. BAGUILAT, JULIAN F. GONSALVES, MARIO V. CAPANZANA Case studies The Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation STEPHANIE ALEXANDER KITCHEN GARDEN FOUNDATION Reviving Local Food Systems in Hawai'i NANCY REDFEATHER, ELIZABETH COLE Food Plant Solutions: School Gardens in Vietnam KARALYN HINGSTON, NATALIE CHING Preserving local cultural heritage through capacity building for girls in the Moroccan High Atlas POMMELIEN DA SILVA COSME Learning gardens cultivating health and wellbeing - Stories from Australia PETER DAWE, ANTHEA FAWCETT, TORRES WEBB African leafy vegetables go back to school: farm to school networks embrace biodiversity for food and nutrition in Kenya AURILLIA MANJELLA, ALESSANDRA GRASSO, VICTOR WASIKE Grow to learn - Learning gardens for Syrian children and youth in Lebanon NINA LAURIDSEN School gardens (mara); todays' learning spaces for Maori NICK ROSKRUGE Intergenerational transfer of knowledge and mindset change through school gardens among indigenous children in Meghalaya, North East India MELARI SHISHA NONGRUM Laboratorios para la Vida: Action research for agroecological scaling through food- and garden-based education BRUCE G. FERGUSON, HELDA MORALES Agrobiodiversity education: The inclusion of agrobiodiversity in primary school curricula in Xiengkhouang Province, Lao PDR CHINDA MILAYVONG, KEVIN KAMP, MANIVANH ALIYAVONG Katakin komman jikin kallib ilo jikuul - Republic of the Marshall Islands School Learning Gardens Program KOH MING WEI, SAMUEL BIKAJLE Where the wild things are AYFER TAN, NESEADANACIOGLU,SAADETTUGRULAY, MALEK BATAL, HALA GHATTAS, SALMA TALHOUK Slow Foods 10,000 gardens - Cultivating the future of Africa REGULI DAMAS MARANDU, JOHN KARIUKI MWANGI, SAMSON KIIRU NGUGI, EDWARD MUKIIBI The integration of food biodiversity in school curricula through school gardens and gastronomy in Brazil ANA ROSA DOMINGUES DOS SANTOS, NADIA LUCIA ALMEIDA NUNES, ALESSANDRA SANTOS DOS SANTOS, CAMILA NEVES SOARES OLIVEIRA, LIDIO CORADIN, DANIELA MOURA DE OLIVEIRA BELTRAME, NEIO LUCIO DE OLIVEIRA CAMPOS

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Danny Hunter is a senior scientist at Bioversity International. Emilita Monville-Oro is Country Director for the Philippines at the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR). Bessie Burgos is the former Programme Head of research and development at the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA). Carmen Nyhria Rogel is a program specialist in research and development at SEARCA. Blesilda Calub is a university researcher at the University of the Philippines Los Banos. Julian Gonsalves is a senior program advisor at the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR). Nina Lauridsen is a research fellow at Bioversity International.

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