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Policies for healthy and sustainable food systems in Solomon Islands

Year of publication 2022

Place of publication Honiara, Solomon Islands ;

Pages 2p.

Author Reeve, E.; Thow, A.M.;

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Policy brief

ISBN 978-92-5-137140-4

Synopsis (short abstract) As part of the United Nations Food Systems Summit activities, the Solomon Islands Government engaged in discussions on mechanisms for achieving “Food Systems for Health and Wealth”. Food systems are operationalized across multiple government sectors, including Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Infrastructure, Industry, Trade and Investment, and Finance, and at multiple levels, from national, to provincial, to community. In the Solomon Islands, food systems policies have a strong economic focus, with aims to improve primary production and maximize economic opportunity, particularly through increasing value-adding of agricultural and fisheries products and promoting import substitution.

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Reeve, E. and Thow, A. M. 2022. Policies for healthy and sustainable food systems in the Solomon Islands. Honiara, FAO.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cc2769en

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