Scenarios workshop to build resilience and strengthen climate change adaptation for fishers and farmers in the Pacific Region
A workshop to develop a research and development programme which will help fishers and farmers in the Pacific face up to the challenges of a changing climate.
The food system of the Pacific region is undergoing profound changes that will be felt for generations to come. Nutritional security is being challenged by rapid population growth and urbanisation, shortages of arable land, and cheap, low-quality food imports from burgeoning global trade. The rise of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) has major implications for economic growth, aid policy and development. National and regional leaders responding to the public health crisis posed by rising NCDs in the Pacific region need a stronger evidence base and policy narrative to influence patterns of food consumption, trade and production.
In this framework, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) in partnership with WorldFish, The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP‐EU (CTA), the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), and the Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) are joining forces to initiate a research and development programme to build resilience and strengthen adaptation to climate change and variability amongst fishers and farmers in the Pacific region.
As part of this programme, a regional workshop will take place from 25 until 27 August 2015 in Nadi, Fiji. Bringing together practitioners and decision-makers, the workshop will discuss and identify alternative scenarios for the development of the regional food system under climate change and its impact on agriculture and fisheries in the region. These scenarios and the narratives they contain will provide a powerful tool in identifying development, policy, and research for the food system in the Pacific region.
