The Pacific Agriculture Policy Project (PAPP) enhances the Regional (Pacific) and Inter-regional capabilities of agricultural sectors in eradicating poverty.
Food security
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, 1996).
There are four dimenstions to food security:
Food Availability
Refers to “Sufficient” amount of food that is present in a country/area through local food production and imports or food aid
Food Access
Refers to “physical, social and economic access” to acquire adequate amount of food consistently through production, purchases, barter, borrowings
Food Utilisation
Refers to “safe and nutritious food which meets dietary needs for an active and healthy life”
Food Stability
Refers to “at all times” in the definition and applies to all 3 dimensions
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PDH.stat datasets
- .statFood nutrientsThe Pacific Nutrient Database is a tool to facilitate poverty, nutrition and food security analysis in the Pacific region.
- .statHousehold expenditureHousehold expenditure by urbanization level, budget level and type of commodity, in local currencies and USD, in amounts and proportions.
- .statCOVID-19 socio-economic impact indicatorsSelection of indicators for measuring and monitoring socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on economies of the Pacific region.
- .statNMDI for Fisheries, Aquaculture, Agriculture and Forestry
- .statCrops and livestock productsStatistics on crops and livestock products from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for Pacific Islands Countries and Territories.
- .statFood security: Income and expenditure indicators by poverty and food security status, by geography, sex, age and urbanization (Kiribati, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu)This dataset contains a series of indicators related to income and expenditure for Kiribati [...]
- .statFood security: Number and proportion of households by poverty, food security status and food activity, by geography, sex, age and urbanization (Kiribati, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu)This dataset provides numbers and proportions of households involved in primary activities (crop, livestock, fishing, handicraft) [...]
- .statFood security: Nutritional facts by type of food, by geography, sex, age and urbanization (Kiribati, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu)This dataset contains a series of indicators related to nutritional facts for Kiribati [...]
- .statFood security: Number of households engaged in crops, livestock, fishing and handicraft, by geography, sex, age, urbanization and wealth (Kiribati, Tuvalu and Vanuatu)This dataset provides number of households involved in primary activities (crop, livestock, fishing, handicraft), by geography (2 sub-national levels), sex [...]
- .statFood security: Number of households engaged in crops by type of crop, by geography, sex, age, urbanization and wealth (Kiribati, Tuvalu and Vanuatu)This dataset provides number of households engaged in crops by type of crop, geography (2 sub-national levels), sex, age, urbanization [...]
- .statFood security: Number of households engaged in livestock by type of animal, by geography, sex, age, urbanisation and wealth (Kiribati, Tuvalu and Vanuatu)This dataset provides number of households engaged in livestock by type of animal, geography (2 sub-national levels), sex, age, urbanization [...]
Key Reports
pdfAquatic food consumption in the Pacific region
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pdfTranslation of Pacific regional food systems policy guidance to national level
PDF | 1.23 MB
pdfImpact of Food Prices on Consumer Price Index, 2023
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pdf2021 Nauru population and household census: households tabulations
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Other Resources
Pacific strategic plan for agricultural and fisheries statistics: strengthening the evidence base for achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.