Food Security in Small Island States

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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. Given its scope, the book offers a valuable resource for a range of disciplines in a number of regional contexts, and for the growing number of scholars and practitioners working on and in small island states. It will be of particular value as the first book to examine the diversity and commonalities of island states around the globe as they confront issues of food security. Front Matter ....Pages i-xi Food Security and Sovereignty in Small Island Developing States: Contemporary Crises and Challenges (John Connell, Kristen Lowitt, Arlette Saint Ville, Gordon M. Hickey)....Pages 1-23 Climate Change and Food Security in the Pacific Islands (Jon Barnett)....Pages 25-38 Development, Global Change and Food Security in Pacific Island Countries (John R. Campbell)....Pages 39-56 Lost Roots? Fading Food Security in Micronesia (John Connell)....Pages 57-76 Modernisation, Traditional Food Resource Management and Food Security on Eauripik Atoll, Federated States of Micronesia (Andrew Scourse, Corinne Wilkins)....Pages 77-89 Framing Food Security in the Pacific Islands: Resilience in Malo, Vanuatu (Matthew G. Allen)....Pages 91-110 Postharvest Loss in Fruit and Vegetable Markets in Samoa (Steven J. R. Underhill, Shukrullah Sherzad, Yuchan Zhou, Seeseei Molimau-Samasoni, Semua Militini Tagoai)....Pages 111-131 Can the Tropical Western and Central Pacific Tuna Purse Seine Fishery Contribute to Pacific Island Population Food Security? (Graham M. Pilling, Shelton J. Harley, Simon Nicol, Peter Williams, John Hampton)....Pages 133-156 Addressing Food and Nutrition Insecurity in the Caribbean Through Domestic Smallholder Farming System Innovation (Arlette Saint Ville, Leroy E. Phillip, Gordon M. Hickey)....Pages 157-178 Knowledge, Markets and Finance: Factors Affecting the Innovation Potential of Smallholder Farmers in the Caribbean Community (Kristen Lowitt, Gordon M. Hickey, Arlette Saint Ville, Kaywana Raeburn, Theresa Thompson-Colón, Sonia Laszlo et al.)....Pages 179-197 Fisheries Governance and Food Security in the Eastern Caribbean (Patrick McConney, Shelly-Ann Cox, Kemraj Parsram)....Pages 199-218 Food Security and Livelihood Vulnerability to Climate Change in Trinidad and Tobago (Kalim U. Shah, Hari Bansha Dulal, Mohammed T. Awojobi)....Pages 219-237 The Role of Social Capital in Influencing Knowledge Flows and Innovation in St. Lucia (Arlette Saint Ville, Gordon M. Hickey, Uli Locher, Leroy E. Phillip)....Pages 239-260 Eating Meat or Eating Money? Factors Influencing Animal-Source Food Consumption in Timor-Leste (Johanna T. Wong, Brigitte Bagnol, Heather Grieve, Joanita Bendita da Costa Jong, Mu Li, Robyn G. Alders)....Pages 261-287 Wild Foods and Food Security: The Case of Timor-Leste (William Erskine, Anita Ximenes, Diana Glazebrook, Marcelino da Costa, Modesto Lopes, Luc Spyckerelle et al.)....Pages 289-307