Sustainable food security in Small Island Developing States (SIDS): A case of Horticulture project in Marshall Islands

Cheng, Yan-Tzong; Tseng, Yun-Ching; Iwaki, Yoko; Huang, Michael C.

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2020.104378

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“…Across the Caribbean, the crisis has impacted on consumers' behavior and their perception of the importance of the agricultural sector, prompting reduction of food waste, return to fresh and local products, adaptation of the diet, consumption of new products, and cultivation of food gardens (Blazy et al, 2021). While the COVID‐19 crisis had very negative immediate consequences for Caribbean households and food security, it may also contain the seeds for a rising awareness of the need to strengthen food autonomy and modify diets to rely less on imported foods (Blazy et al, 2021; Cheng et al, 2021; Connell et al, 2020). Although the appetite for imported food continues to be high among the Caribbean's wealthy, lower‐income households, many of whom suffered job loss, are supporting local farmers due to lower prices of some domestically grown fruits and vegetables.…”

Section: Domestic Solutions For Food Security In Trinidad and Tobagomentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Yet the shared characteristics of SIDS are sufficient for the United Nations to recognize this a special group (Thomas et al, 2020). As well as climate change, many SIDS were already navigating a range of sustainability challenges prior to the COVID‐19 pandemic; for example, food security amidst a reliance on imports (Cheng et al, 2021; Connell et al, 2020), and growing the tourism sector while mitigating its negative environmental and social impacts (Tyllianakis et al, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Small Island Developing States in a post‐pandemic world: Challenges and opportunities for climate action

Foley

Moncada

Mycoo

et al. 2022

WIREs Climate Change

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Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have been impacted by and responded to COVID-19 in ways that give us clues about vulnerabilities under climate change, as well as pathways to resilience. Here, we reflect on some of these experiences drawing on case study examples from the Caribbean, Pacific, and Indian Ocean SIDS, exploring how SIDS have responded to COVID-19 and considering the potential for coping mechanisms enacted for the pandemic to support long-term resilience to climate change. Island responses to the pandemic highlight both new directions, like tourist schemes that capitalize on the rise of remote working in Barbados and Mauritius, and reliance on tried and tested coping mechanisms, like bartering in Fiji. Some of the actions undertaken to respond to the pressures of the pandemic, such as visa schemes promoting "digital nomadism" and efforts to grow domestic food production, have climate resilience and equity dimensions that must be unpacked if their potential to contribute to more sustainable island futures is to be realized. Importantly, the diversity of contexts and experiences described here illustrates that there is no single "best" pathway to climate-resilient post-pandemic futures for SIDS. While the emerging rhetoric of COVID-19 recovery often speaks of "roadmaps," we argue that the journey towards a climate-resilient COVID-19 recovery for SIDS is likely to involve detours, as solutions emerge through innovation and experiment, and knowledge-sharing across the wider SIDS community.

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Section: Domestic Solutions For Food Security In Trinidad and Tobagomentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Small Island Developing States in a post‐pandemic world: Challenges and opportunities for climate action

Foley

Moncada

Mycoo

et al. 2022

WIREs Climate Change

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“…Historical evidence implicates this foreign influence on changes in food consumption patterns, from diets consisting of locally available foods to those reliant on processed imports [34,35]. Rising rates of overweight and obesity coincided with the advent of U.S. subsidies in the 1960s and continue today [36]. Nowadays, the United States provides economic assistance to RMI under the Compact of Free Association, an agreement that, coupled with changes in global food trade patterns, helps ensure a foreign food import dependency [34,37].…”

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Conceptualizing multi-level determinants of infant and young child nutrition in the Republic of Marshall Islands–a socio-ecological perspective

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Matean²,

Grey³

et al. 2022

PLOS Glob Public Health

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The East and Pacific region includes 14 Pacific Island Countries where, between 2000 and 2016, indicators of stunting, wasting, and micronutrient deficiencies have plateaued or worsened, while rates of overweight, obesity, and associated disease have risen. The Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) is no exception: maternal and child nutrition indicators have not improved in decades. A study of the contemporary factors shaping the RMI nutrition situation was needed for informing policy and tailoring interventions. This formative study had an iterative design utilizing qualitative methods. An exploratory Phase 1 included 59 semi-structured interviews with community members, 86 free lists with caregivers, 8 participatory workshops, and 20 meal observations (round 1). Findings were synthesized to inform a confirmatory Phase 2 where 13 focus groups, 81 pile sorts, 15 meal observations (round 2), and 2 seasonal food availability workshops were conducted. Textual data were analyzed thematically using NVivo while cultural domain analysis was conducted in Anthropac. RMI faces interrelated challenges that contribute to a lack of nutritious and local food availability, which is compounded by high food costs relative to household incomes. A decades-long cultural transition from local to processed diets has resulted in infant and young child diets now characterized by morning meals of doughnuts, bread, and ramen with tea, coffee, or Kool-Aid and afternoon meals that include rice with canned meats (e.g., store-bought chicken, hot dogs). Individual preferences for processed food imports have increased their supply. Low maternal risk perception toward nutrition-related illnesses may further explain sub-optimal diets. Improving the RMI food environment will require approaches that align with the multi-level determinants of sub-optimal diets found in this study. As the ten-year 2013 RMI Food Security Policy soon ends, study findings may be used to inform new policy development and investments for improving the nutrition situation.

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“…Small island developing states (SIDS), home to over 69 million people across 58 countries and territories, have an alarming legacy of a complex history of malnutrition, economic, and environmental vulnerabilities, with a looming health crisis [1][2][3]. The impact of these vulnerabilities coupled with urbanisation, internal migration, and the effects of international trade agreements on agriculture, has decreased local agricultural production and increased reliance on imported foods [1,4].…”

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The Impact of Nutrition-Based Interventions on Nutritional Status and Metabolic Health in Small Island Developing States: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis

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Small island developing states (SIDS) have a high burden of nutrition-related disease associated with nutrient-poor, energy-dense diets. In response to these issues, we assessed the effectiveness of nutrition-based interventions on nutritional status (under-nutrition) and metabolic health (over-nutrition) among persons in SIDS. We included SIDS-based nutrition studies with change in nutrition status (e.g., markers of anaemia) or metabolic status (e.g., markers of glycaemia) as outcomes. The PRISMA framework was applied and MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, OARE library, Web of Science, Scopus, ASSIA, EconLit, AGORA, AGRICOLA, AGRIS, WHO-EMRO, and LILACS were searched (2000–2020). Cochrane risk of bias (ROB) and Cochrane ROBINS-I tools assessed ROB for randomised and non-randomised studies, respectively. PROSPERO registration (CRD42021236396) was undertaken. We included 50 eligible interventions, involving 37,591 participants: 14 trials reported on nutritional status, 36 on metabolic health. Effective interventions, evaluated at the individual level, took a multifaceted approach for metabolic outcomes; while nutrition outcomes utilised supplements. Most intervention types were suitable for issues related to ‘over’ nutrition versus ‘under’ nutrition. Twenty-six studies (nutrition status (six); metabolic health (twenty)) were effective (p < 0.05). With the current rise of nutrition-related public health challenges, there is a need for further development and evaluation of these and related interventions at the population level.

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Sustainable food security in Small Island Developing States (SIDS): A case of Horticulture project in Marshall Islands

Cited by 7 publications

References 11 publications

Small Island Developing States in a post‐pandemic world: Challenges and opportunities for climate action

Small Island Developing States in a post‐pandemic world: Challenges and opportunities for climate action

Conceptualizing multi-level determinants of infant and young child nutrition in the Republic of Marshall Islands–a socio-ecological perspective

The Impact of Nutrition-Based Interventions on Nutritional Status and Metabolic Health in Small Island Developing States: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis

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