Building climate-resilient food systems for Pacific Islands
The 22 Pacific Island countries and territories face many challenges in building the three main pillars of food security: availability, access and appropriate use of nutritious food. These challenges arise because many Pacific Island countries and territories are undergoing rapid population growth...
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| description | The 22 Pacific Island countries and territories face many challenges in building the three main
pillars of food security: availability, access and appropriate use of nutritious food. These challenges
arise because many Pacific Island countries and territories are undergoing rapid population growth
and urbanization; communities cannot engage in broad-acre agriculture and livestock grazing
due to shortages of arable land; opportunities to earn income are limited; and cheap, low-quality
food imports are readily available due to burgeoning global trade. As a result, many Pacific Island
countries and territories are now highly dependent on imported food, and the incidence of noncommunicable
diseases is among the highest in the world — 9 of the 10 countries with the highest
rates of overweight and obesity and 7 of the 10 countries with the highest rates of diabetes are
Pacific Island nations. |
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| spelling | CGSpace671722024-07-29T19:31:00Z Building climate-resilient food systems for Pacific Islands Bell, J. Taylor M The 22 Pacific Island countries and territories face many challenges in building the three main pillars of food security: availability, access and appropriate use of nutritious food. These challenges arise because many Pacific Island countries and territories are undergoing rapid population growth and urbanization; communities cannot engage in broad-acre agriculture and livestock grazing due to shortages of arable land; opportunities to earn income are limited; and cheap, low-quality food imports are readily available due to burgeoning global trade. As a result, many Pacific Island countries and territories are now highly dependent on imported food, and the incidence of noncommunicable diseases is among the highest in the world — 9 of the 10 countries with the highest rates of overweight and obesity and 7 of the 10 countries with the highest rates of diabetes are Pacific Island nations. 2015-06-26 2015-06-26T11:39:19Z 2015-06-26T11:39:19Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/67172 en Open Access Bell J, Taylor M. 2015. Building climate-resilient food systems for Pacific Islands. Penang, Malaysia: WorldFish. |
| spellingShingle | Bell, J. Taylor M Building climate-resilient food systems for Pacific Islands |
| title | Building climate-resilient food systems for Pacific Islands |
| title_full | Building climate-resilient food systems for Pacific Islands |
| title_fullStr | Building climate-resilient food systems for Pacific Islands |
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| title_short | Building climate-resilient food systems for Pacific Islands |
| title_sort | building climate resilient food systems for pacific islands |
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