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- Title
THE USE OF CO-CULTIVATION OF AROMATIC, MEDICINAL PLANTS AND VEGETABLES IN SUSTAINABLE URBAN HORTICULTURE.
- Authors
MAKNEA, Kristina Ilectra; ASĂNICĂ, Adrian; FABIAN, Claudia; PETICILĂ, Adrian; TZORTZI, Julia Nerantzia; POPESCU, Dan
- Abstract
Reliable access to safe, economic and nutritious food was at increasing risk many decades ago, burdening society and social relations, especially in urban areas. It is now known that climate change, the pandemics and the economic crisis are directly responsible for food security. For this reason, science has undertaken to safeguard the future of food. Any proposal to reduce the catastrophic effects of the climate crisis on cities must be based on ecological farming methods to achieve sustainable urban horticulture. Co-cultivation is an old forgotten cultivation method, beneficial to mankind and the environment. It can make a positive contribution to the agri-food planning of a city and to tackling the effects of climate change. A bibliographic review is carried out in the Mediterranean region concerning the co-cultivation (companion planting) of aromatic-medicinal plants and vegetables on the University premises (USAMV Bucharest). An attempt is made to evaluate the adaptability of Mediterranean plants and the evolution of their co-cultivation. The results of this research will be useful to city managers, architects, agronomists, etc. This work aims to prove through a comparative method that the use of co-cultivation is a critical factor in sustainable urban agriculture and, consequently, food security and that climate change can affect people's eating habits.
- Subjects
BUCHAREST (Romania); MEDICINAL plants; SUSTAINABLE agriculture; HORTICULTURE; FOOD security; URBAN planning; AROMATIC plants; URBAN agriculture; VEGETABLE gardening
- Publication
AgroLife Scientific Journal, 2022, Vol 11, Issue 1, p111
- ISSN
2285-5718
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17930/agl2022113