Food Security in Small Island States 1st ed. Edition John Connell

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Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9811382557
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-9811382550
• Author(s): John Connell, Kristen Lowitt

This book provides a contemporary overview of the social-ecological and economic vulnerabilities that produce food and nutrition insecurity in various small island contexts, including both high islands and atolls, from the Pacific to the Caribbean. It examines the historical and contemporary circumstances that have accompanied the shift from subsistence production to the consumption of imported, processed foods and drinks, and the impact of this transition on nutrition and the rise of non-communicable diseases. It also assesses the challenges involved in reversing this trend, and how more effective social and economic policies, agricultural and fisheries strategies, and governance arrangements could promote more resilient and sustainable small island food systems. It offers both theoretical and practical perspectives, and brings together a broad range of policy areas, e.g. agriculture, food, commerce, health, planning and socio-economic policy.

Table contents:

1. Food Security and Sovereignty in Small Island Developing States: Contemporary Crises and Challenges
2. Climate Change and Food Security in the Pacific Islands
3. Development, Global Change and Food Security in Pacific Island Countries
4. Lost Roots? Fading Food Security in Micronesia
5. Modernisation, Traditional Food Resource Management and Food Security on Eauripik Atoll, Federated States of Micronesia
6. Framing Food Security in the Pacific Islands: Resilience in Malo, Vanuatu
7. Postharvest Loss in Fruit and Vegetable Markets in Samoa
8. Can the Tropical Western and Central Pacific Tuna Purse Seine Fishery Contribute to Pacific Island Population Food Security?
9. Addressing Food and Nutrition Insecurity in the Caribbean Through Domestic Smallholder Farming System Innovation
10. Knowledge, Markets and Finance: Factors Affecting the Innovation Potential of Smallholder Farmers in the Caribbean Community
11. Fisheries Governance and Food Security in the Eastern Caribbean
12. Food Security and Livelihood Vulnerability to Climate Change in Trinidad and Tobago
13. The Role of Social Capital in Influencing Knowledge Flows and Innovation in St. Lucia
14. Eating Meat or Eating Money? Factors Influencing Animal-Source Food Consumption in Timor-Leste
15. Wild Foods and Food Security: The Case of Timor-Leste

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