Regional Policies and Plans

Draft Framework for Action on Food Security in the Pacific

The document outlines the Pacific approach to food security. Its aim is to support Pacific countries to move towards ensuring that their people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food. It brings us closer to our vision of "Healthy Islands" and helps fulfill the "Pacific Plan".

Towards A Food Secure Pacific
Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.
(World Food Summit, 2009)

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FOR STRENGTHENING REGIONAL COOPERATION AND INTEGRATION

The Pacific plan was endorsed by Leaders at the Pacific Islands Forum meeting in October 2005. It is a 'living' document ensuring flexibility so that the Vision of the Leaders at the goal of regional integration extend far into the future. This revised version of the Pacific Plan follows decisions taken by Leaders at the Forum meeting in October 2007 where they welcomed the considerable progress made in implementing the Pacific Plan, noted the key challenges that need to be overcome in order to Plan to continue to be effectively implemented, and agreed on a number of key commitments in order to move the Plan forward.

Prepared by: The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat
Date: November 2007

To support the network in future, and to ensure PAFPNet is focussed on issues of strategic importance of its members, this Strategic Plan was developed at its second stakeholder meeting in December 2009. Members of the network present re-examined the network's original goals and objectives to ensure they remained valid, and identified key objectives and outputs for the network over the next three years (2010 to 2012).

Prepared by: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) on behalf of the Pacific Agricultural and Forestry Policy Network (PAFPNet)
Date: August 2010

Operational Plan for Sustainable Food Security in Asia and the Pacific

This paper lays out the operational plan of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to help Asia and the Pacific achieve sustainable food security. The operational plan is based on the premise the region's long-term food security is at risk. This is due to the high vulnerability in the global and regional food supply and market systems, projected increases in food demand, sustainability concerns from land and water constraints, and unfolding climate change impacts. ADB recognizes sustainable food security as a crucial element of its long-term strategic framework, Strategy 2020 (ADB 2008a) in freeing Asia from from poverty. The operational plan thus accords priority to achieving sustainable food security in Asia and the Pacific. The goal is to improve the availability of, and access to, adequate and safe food in a sustainable manner, especially for the large number of poor, women, and other vulnerable groups in the region.

Prepared by: The Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Date: December 2009

© 2010 Asian Development Bank

The new LRD strategic plan has three objectives: improved food and nutritional security; integrated and sustainable agriculture and forestry resource management and development; and improved bio-security and increased trade in agriculture and forestry products. The second and third objectives continued from the previous plan, although the respective outputs have been broadened in coverage and deepend in scope. The first is a new objective, brought to the fore by the global soaring food (and fuel) price crisis.

Prepared by: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Date: September 2008

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