1. Moses John AMOS, Director General, MALFFB
Improve linkages between agriculture, trade and tourism: strengthening the local agri-food sector & promoting healthy food in agri-tourism workshop 1 – 2 april, 2019, nadi, fiji
Moses John AMOS, Director General, MALFFB

2. Pacific islands FOOD SYSTEM challenges
The food system of Pacific Island countries is undergoing profound changes that will be felt for generations to come.
Nutritional security is being challenged by rapid population growth and urbanization, shortages of arable land, and cheap, low-quality food imports from burgeoning global trade.
High dependency on imported foods that are energy-dense and nutritionally poor. Reliance on imported foods makes many PICs very vulnerable to variation in supply and cost.
Fish stocks are expected to be directly affected by any changes that may occur in the ocean’s ecosystem.
Warming waters would harm coral reefs and vital fish habitats.
The state of the coastal fisheries in Vanuatu is near maximum capacity. Our demand for fish will greatly exceed the capacity of coastal systems to produce.
Changes in temperature and rainfall would also impact the farming industry due to an increased risk of infestation by pests and diseases in many staple and export crops.

3. Regional fisheries and agriculture strategies and connections to tourism industry
Although tourism is the lifeblood of many Pacific economies and agritourism and provides a promising avenue for diversification and trade growth, PICs economies are determined by size of land, geographical location, diversification of resources, and resource limitation.
Regional disconnection between regional organizations, including regional fisheries and agriculture strategies to tourism
Regional agriculture policies focus on strategies to increase and sustain agriculture production for food security, nutrition supply, and value adding purposes for export markets
Regional fisheries policies focus on strategies to sustainably management and develop fisheries resources for food security, nutrition supply, and value adding for export markets
Regional disconnection impacts establishment of connections at national level to tourism industry

4. TOURISM INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL
Harmonization of agriculture, fisheries, livestock, forestry, trade, industry, linking to Tourism development
Agriculture
strategies
Fisheries
Strategies
Livestock
Forestry
Trade
Industry
Tourism
TOURISM INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL

5. Regional agritourism development strategy
Provide networking at the regional level
Develop branding and standards
Encourage trading of value added productions between PICs
Develop agritourism data base
Build connections, partnerships, and, coordination at the national level
Capacity building needs for PICs based on agritourism needs and aspiration
A platform to seek regional funding support to drive agritourism connections
Drive food productions specific for the tourism industry
Link agritourism to climate change
Regional agritourism development strategy
National agri-tourism A/plans
S/National & community activities

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