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DocumentSIDS solutions innovations profile. E-commerce and supply chains: Samoa Women's Association of Growers (SWAG)
SIDS Solutions Forum, 30-31 August 2021
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No results found.As part of the SIDS Solutions Forum, 30-31 August 2021, FAO collected innovations and creative digital technologies that respond to local problems and challenges. This flyer presents a The impact on travel and trade resulting from border restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 has taken a toll on employment and ultimately household incomes. Women, especially those in the formal employment sector, were seriously affected, particularly in female-headed households. The Samoa Women's Association of Growers (SWAG) stepped in to provide women growers and farmers of Samoa with opportunities for business, networking, training and education. As a result, previously employed women have been turning to micro-business ventures in the informal space. This flyer presents the positive resluts of the online markets facilitated by SWAG. -
ProjectMainstreaming Nutrition in National and Regional Trade Laws and Regulations of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Promoting Local Food Value Chains for Intra-Sids Trade - TCP/RAF/3707 2021
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No results found.SIDS suffer from the effects of climate change shocks. Cyclones, hurricanes and more erratic rainfall leading to drought, flooding, rising sea levels and eroding coastlines exacerbate already fragile natural environments, making it more difficult to produce sufficient food to meet their needs. Given their geographic and economic isolation, many SIDS rely heavily on remote markets for their food supplies, leading to undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies and obesity, the ‘triple burden’ of malnutrition. Diabetes and other non-communicable chronic diseases are at excessive levels in a growing number of SIDS, largely as a result of a diet of processed imported foods that are high in sugar, salt and fats, aggravated by unchecked trade liberalization policies. Although undernutrition has fallen over the past three decades, levels of stunting still exceed 20 percent in children in the poorest SIDS. At the same time, levels of obesity, particularly among women, have increased sharply in many SIDS, including those in Africa. Food imports are an increasingly important source of food availability in most SIDS, despite the poor nutritional quality of many imported foods. Foreign investment in domestic food processing sectors in some SIDS has also contributed to the increased availability, and lower prices, of highly processed foods. The result has been a shift away from traditional, domestic staples, such as fruit and vegetables, towards diets high in processed and animal source foods, sugar, fat and salt. This shift has been identified as a leading driver behind the sharp rise in obesity and micronutrient deficiency in SIDS. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetSouth-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) Capacity Development and Experience sharing fro Rice Value Chain through SSTC 2024
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No results found.Africa’s population is set to grow to 1.5 billion by 2025, boosting rice demand but facing a shortfall in production and high import costs. Urbanization in Asia is also causing rice consumption to outstrip population growth. The South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) Capacity Development and Experience sharing for Rice Value Chain targets rice value-related national training, research, and extension institutions, as well as smallholder farmers, millers, traders, and national rice experts in Tanzania, Côte d’Ivoire and The Philippines.
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