Book chapter
Vulnerability of staple food crops to climate change
Vulnerability of Pacific Agriculture and Forestry to Climate Change, pp.161-238
Secretariat of the Pacific Community
2016
Abstract
This chapter focuses on the potential impact of climate change on Pacific Island staple food crops; that is, those food crops that dominate diets in the Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs), provide a major proportion of energy and nutrient needs and are vital for food security. The production of food staples is the dominant agricultural activity, for both household self-sufficiency and income generation. Factors that impact on staple food production will have a profound influence on livelihoods and the economic wellbeing of the region.
Details
- Title
- Vulnerability of staple food crops to climate change
- Authors
- Andrew McGregor (Author) - Koko Siga Pacific, FijiMary Taylor (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringR Michael Bourke (Author) - Australian National UniversityVincent Lebot (Author) - CIRAD (Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement), Vanuatu
- Contributors
- Mary Taylor (Editor)A McGregor (Editor)B Dawson (Editor)
- Publication details
- Vulnerability of Pacific Agriculture and Forestry to Climate Change, pp.161-238
- Publisher
- Secretariat of the Pacific Community
- Date published
- 2016
- ISBN
- 9789820008823
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2016 Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). The published version is reproduced here with kind permission of the copyright holder.
- Organisation Unit
- Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450922002621
- Output Type
- Book chapter
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