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DocumentOther documentBuilding a Blue Pacific Continent through Better Production
2024 Pacific SIDS Solutions Forum, Nadi, Fiji, 5-8 November 2024
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No results found.Major subsistence and semi-commercial crops produced in Pacific SIDS include root crops such as taro, cassava, and yams, and fruits such as bananas, coconuts and breadfruit. Major cash crops include copra, cocoa, coffee, vanilla, pepper, and kava. While agriculture is a major source of unpaid employment in many Pacific SIDS, formal employment varies, reflecting differences in economic structures, land availability and the importance of agriculture to each Pacific SIDS economy. Overall, however, the agriculture sector as part of individual Pacific SIDS’ Gross Domestic Product (GDP) remains relatively low, ranging between 5-30 percent across the region.With the adoption of the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture (KJWA) at the 23rd Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), agriculture is to be mainstreamed into UNFCCC processes, providing a vehicle to drive solutions for increasing production in the agricultural sector in Pacific SIDS. Given the importance of agriculture sector in the region, the Pacific Heads of Agriculture and Forestry (PHOAFS) endorsed the development of a Pacific Regional Agriculture and Forestry Strategy, with many Pacific SIDS now working on pathways towards transforming their agrifood systems. This paper reflects on FAO's work on Better Production in Pacific SIDS, and was presented at the 2024 Pacific Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) Solutions Forum, held in Nadi, Fiji 5-8 November 2024 -
DocumentOther documentBuilding the Blue Pacific Continent through a Better Environment
2024 Pacific SIDS Solutions Forum, Nadi, Fiji, 5-8 November 2024
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No results found.The Pacific, comprising a group of diverse and remote island nations, is home to unique ecosystems, rich biodiversity, and culturally vibrant communities. A better environment is crucial for Pacific Islands due to their unique vulnerability to climate change and environmental degradation. These islands, often are low-lying and small in size, face rising sea levels, increasing storm intensity and coral reef destruction, all of which threaten livelihoods, ecosystems and cultural heritage. A healthier environment supports the islands' rich biodiversity, sustains fisheries and agriculture and preserves freshwater sources that are vital for the residents' well-being. In addition, protecting the environment, nature and biodiversity enhances the resilience of the island states against natural disasters, helping communities adapt to the growing impacts of climate change. Nevertheless, ensuring a better environment is highly essential for the survival, prosperity and sustainability of Pacific Island nations. This paper covers Better Environment in the Pacific, and reports on the FAO Subregional Office for the Pacific progress on Better Environment to be presented at the 2024 Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Solutions Forum, held in Nadi, Fiji in November 2024. -
DocumentOther documentBuilding a Healthier Blue Pacific through Better Nutrition
2024 Pacific SIDS Solutions Forum, Nadi, Fiji, 5-8 November 2024
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No results found.The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Strategic Framework 2022-2031 supports the 2030 Agenda through the transformation to more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable, agrifood systems through the “four betters” aspirations: better production, better nutrition, a better environment, and a better life, leaving no one behind. These Four Betters represent an organising principle for how FAO contributes directly to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 1 (No poverty), 2 (Zero hunger), and 10 (Reduced inequalities) as well as to supporting achievement of the broader SDG agenda that is crucial for attaining FAO’s overall vision. Better Nutrition (BN) aims to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition in all its forms including promoting nutritious food and increasing access to healthy diets. The absence of an indicator of diet quality in the SDG indicator framework has been identified as a gap in the monitoring of progress towards the 2030 Agenda. This paper covers Better Nutrition in the Pacific, and report on FAO Subregional Office for the Pacifoc progress on Better Nutrition, to be presented at the 2024 Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Solutions Forum, held in Nadi, Fiji in November 2024.
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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookThe future of food and agriculture - Trends and challenges 2017
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No results found.What will be needed to realize the vision of a world free from hunger and malnutrition? After shedding light on the nature of the challenges that agriculture and food systems are facing now and throughout the 21st century, the study provides insights into what is at stake and what needs to be done. “Business as usual” is not an option. Major transformations in agricultural systems, rural economies, and natural resources management are necessary. The present study was undertaken for the quadrennial review of FAO’s strategic framework and for the preparation of the Organization Medium-Term plan 2018-2021. -
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Book (series)FlagshipThe State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021
Transforming food systems for food security, improved nutrition and affordable healthy diets for all
2021In recent years, several major drivers have put the world off track to ending world hunger and malnutrition in all its forms by 2030. The challenges have grown with the COVID-19 pandemic and related containment measures. This report presents the first global assessment of food insecurity and malnutrition for 2020 and offers some indication of what hunger might look like by 2030 in a scenario further complicated by the enduring effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also includes new estimates of the cost and affordability of healthy diets, which provide an important link between the food security and nutrition indicators and the analysis of their trends. Altogether, the report highlights the need for a deeper reflection on how to better address the global food security and nutrition situation.To understand how hunger and malnutrition have reached these critical levels, this report draws on the analyses of the past four editions, which have produced a vast, evidence-based body of knowledge of the major drivers behind the recent changes in food security and nutrition. These drivers, which are increasing in frequency and intensity, include conflicts, climate variability and extremes, and economic slowdowns and downturns – all exacerbated by the underlying causes of poverty and very high and persistent levels of inequality. In addition, millions of people around the world suffer from food insecurity and different forms of malnutrition because they cannot afford the cost of healthy diets. From a synthesized understanding of this knowledge, updates and additional analyses are generated to create a holistic view of the combined effects of these drivers, both on each other and on food systems, and how they negatively affect food security and nutrition around the world.In turn, the evidence informs an in-depth look at how to move from silo solutions to integrated food systems solutions. In this regard, the report proposes transformative pathways that specifically address the challenges posed by the major drivers, also highlighting the types of policy and investment portfolios required to transform food systems for food security, improved nutrition, and affordable healthy diets for all. The report observes that, while the pandemic has caused major setbacks, there is much to be learned from the vulnerabilities and inequalities it has laid bare. If taken to heart, these new insights and wisdom can help get the world back on track towards the goal of ending hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition in all its forms.