State of Food and Nutrition Security in the Pacific

Federico Davila; Sarah Burkhart; Tarli O’Connell

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-25463-5_4

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State of Food and Nutrition Security in the Pacific

Federico Davila, Sarah Burkhart and Tarli O’Connell

The Water, Energy, and Food Security Nexus in Asia and the Pacific: The Pacific, pp.85-106

Water Security in a New World (WSEC), Springer International Publishing

2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25463-5_4

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Abstract

food security

nutrition

food systems

Pacific Islands

Indo-Pacific

Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) are home to tremendously diverse food systems. These systems are made up of rich cultures, a growing young population, and diverse bio-geographic and multiple agro-ecological zones. This Pacific uniqueness, however, is being disrupted by historical international forces, food consumption behaviours, and climate change. The region’s food systems currently face a triple burden of malnutrition, which when combined with poverty and climate change impacts, creates major food and nutrition security risks. In this synthesis chapter, we provide summary of evidence on the state of food and nutrition security in the Pacific using an expanded five pillar framework of food security. We present a synthesis of research and development dynamics in the context of availability, accessibility, stability, utilization, and agency as the five pillars of Pacific food and nutrition security. Agency is emphasized as a novel addition to capture the unique socio-cultural systems of the region that contribute to food systems. The future of Pacific food systems will depend on proactive focus on the multi-dimensional nature of food and nutrition security, and the use of integrative frameworks and policies will help address this important development opportunity.

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Title: State of Food and Nutrition Security in the Pacific
Authors: Federico Davila (Corresponding Author) - University of Technology Sydney
Sarah Burkhart - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research
Tarli O’Connell
Contributors: Andrew Dansie (Editor) - UNSW Sydney
Heidi K Alleway (Editor) - The University of Adelaide
San Martin Marg (Editor) - UNESCO (India)
Publication details: The Water, Energy, and Food Security Nexus in Asia and the Pacific: The Pacific, pp.85-106
Series: Water Security in a New World (WSEC)
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date published: 2024
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-25463-5_4; 10.1007/978-3-031-25463-5
ISSN: 2367-4016; 2367-4008
ISBN: 9783031251635
Copyright note: This book is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/igo/), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution, and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to UNESCO, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made. If you remix, transform, or build upon this book or a part thereof, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original. This publication is also available at the UNESCO Open Access Repository: https://unesdoc.unesco.org.
Organisation Unit: Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research; School of Health - Nutrition & Dietetics
Language: English
Record Identifier: 991023098902621
Output Type: Book chapter

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