National Food Summits

PICTs are taking action in the face of a global financial crisis, rising food costs, climate change, increasing food insecurity and the double burden of undernutrition and non-communicable diseases. National Food Summits help stimulate an integrated approach to the development and implementation of food security, safety, quality and trade policies and plans of action. They also affirm existing efforts to increase agricultural productivity, to enhance access to food, and to bring about behaviour change on diet and physical activity, as well as bring innovative approaches to production, processing, regulating and trading of food.



Cook Islands

The Cook Islands hosted a Food Summit on November 12 and 13 with a focus on the needs of outer Islands.  Download the report.

Federated States of Micronesia

The Federated States of Micronesia held a National Food Summit in Pohnpei from March 29 to April 1 2010.

Fiji 

The Fiji Food Summit was held in October 2009 during the week of the World Food Day celebrations.  October 14 to 16.  Download the press release and the recommendations.

Kiribati

The consequences of climate change make Kiriabati and other small Island States in the Pacific particularly vulnerable to food security issues. Kiribati held a National Food Summit from February 9 to 11 2010 to enable government and other important stakeholders to dialogue and together work out strategies to improve the food security of the people of Kiribati . Secondly, to contribute necessary inputs, relevant to the situation of Kiribati and other small atoll islands, to the Pacific Food Summit.

Samoa

The Samoa Food Summit was held August 26 and 27 2009.  The Summit helped stimulate a multi-sectoral, integrated approach to improving health and the food supply in Samoa. 

It built on existing efforts to increase agricultural productivity; enhance access to food, to improve safety and to bring about behaviour change on diet and physical activity; and to bring innovative approaches to reducing non-communicable diseases through the production, processing, regulating, and trading of food.

Vanuatu 

An excellent Food Summit was held in Vanuatu, September 28 – 30 with good representation from stakeholders that influence food supply, quality and safety. The vision of the Summit was to demonstrate commitment to and inspire collective action on food security.  Download the Vanuatu National Food Summit Report.

Other PICTs are invited to consider hosting a national food summit.


World Food Summit on Food Security 2009

The World Summit on Food Security took place in Rome from 16 to 18 November 2009.  Download the draft declaration.



Pacific Ministers Meetings

Agriculture
At the Eighth meeting of the FAO South West Pacific Ministers for Agriculture Meeting held in Niue, May 20 to May 22 2009, Ministers provided endorsement and support for the proposed Pacific Food Summit and noted the Food Secure Pacific Initiative. READ MORE.

Trade
Forum Trade Ministers at their meeting in Samoa, June 17 to 18 2009 noted developments relating to the issue of food security within the region and endorsed the concept of convening a regional Food Summit in 2010, supported by food summits convened at a national level.

Health
Pacific Island Health Ministers will be invited to endorse the Pacific food security and summit concept and to give their support for the development of a Declaration on Food Security and associated Framework for Action at their meeting in Madang, Papua New Guinea on July 7 to 9 2010. Read more in the working document prepared for this meeting.



Adding Value to Pacific Island Foods

A dialogue between the food industry and health sector on imported and processed food
5-7 November 2008, Sydney , Australia
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Building partnerships for better health in Pacific Island countries: the opportunity for rice fortification

3-4 December 2009
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