Home gardens’ agrobiodiversity and owners’ knowledge of their ecological, economic and socio-cultural multifunctionality: a case study in the lowlands of Tabasco, México

Home gardens (HGs) are hotspots of in situ agrobiodiversity conservation. This study was conducted in Tabasco, México, and focused on HG owners’ knowledge of HG ecological, economical and socio-cultural multifunctionality and how it relates to agrobiodiversity as measured by species richness and diversity. The study shows that the rich agrobiodiversity of home gardens cherished by rural families in Tabasco relates to the knowledge about HG functionality in the ecological and economic dimensions. Also, species composition relates to ecological functionality knowledge. The paper shows that multifunctionality knowledge provides many opportunities for the participative conception and planning of policies and actions necessary to conserve agrobiodiversity.