The continuing exposure and experience of climate change both locally and globally has made food security a global concern especially to vulnerable small island states of the Pacific Island community. This course will examine the food system and status of food security at pre, during and post extreme climatic change events and challenges and factors affecting food security. The various international Food Security frameworks and policies will be examined and compared to the Pacific Food Security framework in order to help design appropriate adaptation protocols that will contribute to a climate resilient and sustainable food secure communities. The focus of adaptations will be related to strengthening the four pillars of food security through application of agro-technology and agromet decision support systems, resilient crops and farming systems, post-harvest, food safety and food preservations. The major project of the course will involve Food Security assessments and appropriate adaptations for selected Pacific Island communities. The examples and best practices and case studies in this course are from many food security resilient programs that are implemented in the Pacific Island Region. These were implemented by partners such as national governments and regional partners - SPC, FAO, SPREP and several NGOs. The course will be delivered online using the Moodle platform.
- Lecturer: Nunia Bari
- Lecturer: Zina Bird
- Lecturer: Tolu Muliaina
- Lecturer: Wendy-Jane Powell
- Lecturer: Ratu Tevita Rarokolutu
- Lecturer: Anamaria Tagicakiverata
Category: Semester 1, 2025