Climate change

Transformation pathways for Pacific coastal food systems

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Overview

This project aims to develop and test processes and tools that build transformative capacity in the Solomon Islands and Kiribati, eventually triggering a step-change in coastal food systems evidenced by improved diet, nutrition and community health; community food self-sufficiency; enhanced climate and disaster resilience; restoration and stewardship of natural resources, and diversified livelihoods.

This will provide an evidence base that will encourage a regional shift to food systems transformation through the involvement of multiple project partners. 

Expected project outcomes

  • Promoting and applying traditional knowledge.
  • Empowering women and youth.
  • Solutions-oriented and systems-thinking and proactive mindsets.
  • Emerging of leaders and champions and collective action
  • Expanding community and international stakeholder networks.
  • Mainstreaming of process into local development planning.
  • Scaling up of enabling governance.
  • Developing knowledge brokers with skills to maintain process.

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