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DISCUSSION No. 150 • FSN Forum digest No. 1355
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What story can Small Island Developing States (SIDS) tell on addressing the relationship between poverty and climate
change?
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until 15 July 2018
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Dear Members,
The deadline of the online discussion "
What story can Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
tell on addressing the relationship between poverty and climate change?" is fast approaching and we would like to take this opportunity to share with you the latest contributions received.
Due to their geographic and economic isolation, SIDS share
unique challenges when it comes to dealing with the effects of climate change on poverty, food security and nutrition. At the same time, these countries have developed unique coping and development strategies that can inform action also in countries outside
of this group.
With this online exchange we would like to contribute to a stronger knowledge exchange among SIDS,
as well as encourage practitioners worldwide to engage in a dialogue with their colleagues from SIDS on how to tackle existing challenges to food security, proper nutrition and poverty reduction.
The full topic and the guiding questions are available on the
FSN Forum website also in
French and
Spanish and
Portuguese and your comments are welcome in any of these languages.
We invite you to take advantage of the last remaining days of this exchange and look forward to receiving your comments.
Your FSN Forum team
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CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED
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Ali
Attoumani, MLEZI, Comoros
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Ali shares information on the activities of the NGO MLEZI, carried out in the Island of Anjouan in Comoros. The project
aims at making steep and eroded lands viable by introducing varieties of cassava and bananas resistant to climate change. A series of intermediary steps, such as enclosing the plots with legumes and using pegged cows for fertilizing the soil precede the planting
of the crops. Production is then further supported by the rational use of pesticides and mineral inputs as complementary fertilizers. During the process, farmers can access the needed information through knowledge sharing meetings and rural radio.
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the contribution
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Mermedah
Moustache, Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture, Seychelles
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Mermedah gives a detailed overview on the challenges faced by SIDS in general and by the Seychelles in particular. Issues
such as overreliance on processed foods, fossil fuels, underdeveloped water infrastructure and social ills make their exposure to natural calamities even more threatening. Mermedah therefore suggests strengthening efforts to establish more sustainable economic
activities and consumption patterns.
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the contribution
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Florence
Egal, Italy
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Florence argues that plantation systems have drastically changed SIDS' originally subsistence-based economies. Plantation
workers and their households became increasingly dependent on imported foods and progressively abandoned traditional foods and local varieties. The environment impact of plantations was substantial and local communities lost access to land. As a result, SIDS
now suffer from various forms of malnutrition, the environment is degraded, biodiversity eroded, communities are disempowered and poverty is on the rise.
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the contribution
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Lal
Manavado, University of Oslo, Norway
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Lal develops on the different definitions of poverty and on the meaning that they can have in the context of SIDS. He
also highlights the influence of the outside world on small island countries both for their development and for the challenges that they face. This influence gives a big responsibility to the world community to help SIDS become more independent and resilient.
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the contribution
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Audrey
Pomier Flobinus, Humanity For The World (HFTW), France
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Audrey tells us about the experience of the Momance community. The Momance live in a small village of the Leogane district
in Haiti, which is subject to many natural threats, including devastating earthquakes. After such an event in 2010, the Momance village chiefs met and formed a committee that developed a vision for the future, including the building of a school. Thanks to
several donations, and to the unremitting work of the Momance, the school was build and today hosts over 150 children providing them also with a hot meal every day.
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the contribution
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