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Innovating to enable integrated services for innovation to promote urban and peri-urban agriculture








FAO. 2024. Innovating to enable integrated services for innovation to promote urban and peri-urban agriculture. Rome.


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    Solomon Islands is comprised of over 1 000 islands with a population that grows at a rate of 2.3 percent annually. In this context, there is a need to ensure that the personal health of the country’s citizens is supported through the consumption of affordable and nutritious food containing vital vitamins and protein, and that these foods are accessible. In 2009, in Solomon Islands, just under 20 percent of the population lived in urban centres. In 2017, this figure had increased to 23.3 percent, with the urban population growing at twice the rate of the rural population. Increased urbanization is accompanied by changing patterns of food consumption with consequent health implications, including a rise in non communicable diseases. Furthermore, climate change and disaster risk management are significant issues given the current and future impacts expected, and the associated risks posed to natural ecosystems such as coastal and marine environments, fisheries, agriculture, water resources, health, biodiversity, infrastructure, and industry. In addition, COVID-19 impacted food production and related food supply chains for food systems in Honiara and the provinces. In these circumstances, the promotion of local food consumption for healthy diets has been identified as a priority by the government.
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    Towards sustainable and resilient agrifood systems
    2022
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    Urban and peri-urban agriculture(UPA) means the production of food and other outputs and related processes, taking place on land and other spaces within cities and surrounding regions. UPA is increasingly being adopted by city dwellers and promoted by local institutions to face the challenges such as climate change, pandemic, conflicts, hunger, food insecurity, malnutrition, obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases, as well as recent crises such as COVID-19 pandemic and Ukraine conflict. This brochure shows the types of UPA and their benefits, as well as how FAO promotes UPA globally both north and south.
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    Technical Assistance for Inclusive, Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems in Selected Rural and Peri-Urban Territories of Bahamas, as a Response to the COVID-19 - TCP/BHA/3801 2024
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    The project aimed to tackle the challenges of low income and unemployment among youth and women, specifically within the family farming sector in Grand Bahama and Abaco Island. The sector lacked consistent access to the technology and knowledge needed to develop economic enterprises able to serve national and regional food markets, while promoting local sustainable livelihoods. The MAMR lacked the tools required to deliver adequate training in agricultural practices and agribusiness, and organizational and financial support. The MAMR also had no National Strategy or National Land Administrative Proposal to achieve the rural development goals set out in the SGD 2030.

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