enhancing resilience for food and nutrition security in small-island economies
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Small Island Developing States (SIDS)compared with continents are very different in land mass, population size and economies but face very similar challenges
FRAGILE ECOSYSTEMNATURAL HAZARDS
THE ROLE OF THE RESEARCH IS KEY IN ACHIEVING RESILIENT PRODUCTION, RESILIENT MARKETS AND RESILIENT PEOPLE
HIGH FOOD IMPORT BILLINTERNATIONAL TRADE DEPENDENCE
island COUNTRIESHome to more than 50 million people
of the world populationapprox 5%
52 52
Tourism AGRICULTURE CONTRIBUTES
MORE THAN
CONTRIBUTES
LESS THAN40%TO GDP
20%TO GDP
& TERRITORIES
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LINKING
research for
INNOVATION
TO
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
PROMOTE AGRITOURISMECONOMIC SHOCKS
SMALL EXPORT VOLUME
Competition for land - tourism and agriculture
1. CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE2. NUTRITION-DENSE FOOD3. REGIONAL TRADE OPPORTUNITIES
M o r e r e s e a r c h n e e d e d o n
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