Reducing COVID-19 Food Insecurity in the Pacific Islands

The project aims to increase the resilience and food security of women and men vulnerable to the impacts of COVID-19 in the Pacific region and contributes to the overall COVID-19 response in the region particularly in Fiji Micronesia Niue Palau and Solomon Islands. Project activities include: (1) reviewing and mapping of ongoing and available COVID-19 food security livelihoods agriculture and economic impact assessments in the Pacific region and in the selected countries in particular; (2) supporting the review and inclusion of gender-sensitive approaches to COVID-19 in regional and national strategies policies and response plans; (3) providing environmentally-sustainable agriculture inputs for household farming such as crops livestock and fisheries; (4) providing training to 50 vulnerable communities on community-based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) and developing gender-sensitive CBDRM plans; and (5) facilitating regular cluster coordination meetings at the regional and national levels.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) enhanced COVID-19 impact analysis to inform gender-sensitive national and regional response plans strategies and policies in the Pacific region; (2) strengthened household gender-sensitive agriculture production and resources management for more resilience to disasters in the Pacific region; and (3) strengthened national and regional coordination on gender-sensitive food security and agriculture in the Pacific region.