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Table 11.4 Distribution of network categories in San Augusto by plant type
Main
category
Sub-category
Fruit
trees
(%)
Non-fruit
trees
(%)
Medicinal/
spice plants
(%)
Ornamental
plants
(%)
FMTFMTFMT F M T
Purchased Seedling or seeds
2 13
5
0
0
0 17
0
16
7
6
7
Fruit
35 40 37
0
0
0 20
0
18
0
6
1
Given
Plant (seedling), seeds or
fruit given by family
member
6 17
9
0 13
6 12
10
18
12
18
13
Plant (seedling), seeds or
fruit given by family friend
14 20 15 10 13 11 22
0
20
16
29
18
Plant (seedling), seeds or
fruit given by neighbour
13
0 10 20 13 17 15
0
14
25
6
21
Plant (seedling), seeds or
fruit given at workplace
(employer, co-worker)
000000505101
Plant (seedling), seed or
fruit is given by a stranger
302000000 1 8 2
Found
Seedling taken off street/
other public place
8
3
7 20 63 39
2
0
2
14
12
13
Seedling taken from
stranger's patio
202000000706
Other
Plant already there
9 37000000565
Grew naturally
8
3
7 50
0 28 707101
men was their procurement of tree seedlings, cuttings or tree branches from
sides of streets, in the main road that runs through San Augusto, in public
parks and from private properties.
The most prevalent socio-ecological networks were those of family,
friends and neighbours. This corresponds with studies in gender and
development emphasizing the importance of informal social networks in
livelihood strategies (Moser, 1993; Peake and Trotz, 1999). Women were the
main participants in UA workshops and the interviews and mapping phases,
implying for this study that establishment and maintenance of patios in San
Augusto is primarily carried out by women. However, as much as women's
socio-ecological networks comprised family, friends and neighbours
(primarily within Managua), there was no collective initiative to create
community gardens. This was mentioned in several focus groups, and most
women and men responded that no-one in San Augusto had proposed such an
idea. Moreover, even when the neighbourhood was being established, no area
was set aside for communal use.
