Backyard gardens are a means of improving food and nutritional security for non-self-sufficient households, particularly the most vulnerable.
These gardens are set up in yards or around houses or, failing that, on the edges of grazing areas and animal passageways, thus limiting pressure on these spaces.
Backyard gardens offer the possibility of producing crops in secure spaces, mitigating the damage caused by animals, which is a source of sometimes deadly conflicts between crop owners and livestock farmers (social cohesion).
Vegetables and fruits grown in household gardens are mainly produced during the dry season when these commodities are scarce and expensive on the markets, thus ensuring that vulnerable households have access to a diverse and high-quality diet.
The sale of surplus production generates substantial income for the population.
