PACIFIC FOOD SECURITY TOOLKIT

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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
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This Food Security Toolkit, designed specifically for Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs), aims to improve Pacific Islanders’ ability to produce and access safe and nutritious foods that meet their dietary and cultural needs. Targeting food security in the Pacific region is a critical action in the face of climate change, which will continue to place added pressure on existing food and water resources. The ultimate aim of the toolkit is to help ensure that Pacific Island communities continue to produce and have access to a wide range of nutritious food for the dinner plate and market place.

The toolkit is divided into a series of modules, so as to accommodate future changes or additions. It includes an introductory module that looks at climate change in the Pacific, a module on key Pacific food production systems and two applied modules on Pacific root crops and Pacific fisheries.

The toolkit also contains 55 “adaptation steps” that are designed to provide ideas and, in some cases, practical measures that can be used and, with time, adapted to help maintain and strengthen food security in the face of climate change. Importantly, the toolkit provides its readers a list of existing tools and resources that present more detailed information on climate change adaptation measures, food security and related issues.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION What is the purpose of this toolkit? How to use this toolkit? Who is the target audience?	- 172kb
MODULE 1 – CLIMATE CHANGE 1.0 What is climate change? 1.1 What is the greenhouse effect? 1.2 What will be the impacts of climate change in the pacific? 1.3 How will climate change impact food security in the pacific? 1.4 How do we stop climate change? 1.5 What is the rest of the world doing? 1.6 What is climate change adaptation? 1.7 How is the region combating climate change? 1.8 The impacts of climate change on pacific food systems	- 232kb
MODULE 2 – AN OVERVIEW OF THE KEY PACIFIC FOOD SYSTEMS 2.0 Key pacific farming systems 2.1 Traditional cropping systems 2.2 Agroforestry systems 2.3 Livestock systems 2.4 Combating the impacts of climate change	- 334kb
MODULE 3 – THE ROLE OF ECOSYSTEMS IN RESILIENT FOOD SYSTEMS IN THE PACIFIC 3.0 Ecosystems and food security 3.1 Terrestrial systems 3.2 Coastal and marine systems 3.3 Combating loss of biodiversity and farming systems decline	- 194kb
MODULE 4 – PACIFIC ROOT CROPS 4.0 Root crops in the pacific 4.1 Adaptation steps for root crops	- 648kb
MODULE 5 – PACIFIC FISHERIES 5.0 Fisheries in the pacific 5.1 The impacts of climate change on fisheries 5.2 Adapting to the impacts of climate change	- 283kb
MODULE 6 – TOOLS - WHERE TO GO TO FIND OUT MORE? Climate change and food security tools Climate change tools Climate change adaptation tools Pacific food systems & root crop tools Invasive species tools Fisheries & marine ecosystems tools Aquaculture coral reefs mangroves	- 229kb

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