Development of home garden model for year round production and consumption for improving resource-poor household food security in Bangladesh

Highlights• A year round production system of fresh vegetables and fruits was tested.• After the intervention, the highest amount of vegetables was produced by the small farmer groups (511 kg/year) followed by marginal (499 kg/year) and landless (422 kg/year) farmers.• The yearly vegetable requirements of farmers were largely met by the homestead garden with a supply between 55 and 79 kg/head/year compared with the bench mark level of 21–30 kg/head/year before the intervention.• The upscaling of the production model based on niche/ecosystem in different poverty stricken regions of Bangladesh is recommended to achieve food security and malnutrition reduction.