What is the contribution of food self-provisioning towards environmental sustainability? A case study of active gardeners

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216224:14230/18:00100872

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.02.261" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.02.261</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.02.261" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.02.261</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

What is the contribution of food self-provisioning towards environmental sustainability? A case study of active gardeners

Original language description

Food self-provisioning, also labelled as household food production, is a traditional activity persisting in the countries of the Global North. Recently, it has become an object of sustainability oriented research due to the positive social, health and environmental outcomes. However, little is known about the rate of self-sufficiency of the food self-provisioners and about environmental context of this kind of food production, including its actual potential for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. To clarify these topics, we analysed sociological data from a quantitative research study carried out in the Czech Republic in 2015. The data from 775 food growing households were used. The combined rate of self-sufficiency of the households was calculated as the share of home grown fruit, vegetables and potatoes in the overall consumption of the household. The rate of self-sufficiency (33%) was then compared with average food consumption and multiplied by the different values of greenhouse gas emissions reduction potential of home grown food. This led to the reduction of 42–92 kg CO2eq/person/year, which constitutes 3–5% of overall food emissions of Czech households. The research shows that positive environmental effects are not negatively counterweighted either by excessive use of industrial fertilisers or by car transportation to the gardens. Environmental motivation is unimportant for gardeners. Our findings give support to “quiet sustainability” and “sustainable materialism”, two recently advanced concepts highlighting the importance of considering everyday practices in the quest for sustainability.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50704 - Environmental sciences (social aspects)

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA14-33094S" target="_blank" >GA14-33094S: Forms and norms of alternative economic practices in the Czech Republic</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Cleaner Production

ISSN

0959-6526

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

185

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1. 6. 2018

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

1015-1023

UT code for WoS article

000430772400088

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85044861354